Miscellaneous Images
Meet the Pogos! These images depict Pogo
workers at various locations in North America.
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![<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● Castolon [Loc 41] Big Bend N.P., TX USA [el. 660 m / 2164 ft]</span> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=100103460138962878270.00048384c67ef9deb4b45&ll=29.13417,-103.513355&spn=0.05248,0.072956&z=13&source=embed"><span class="mapLink"> view location in Google Maps »<span></a>
<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● 3/04/10 11:44AM sunny, air temp: 24°C / 76°F</span>
<div class="captionImageMain">A <em>Pogonomyrmex desertorum</em> worker explores the area around her tiny nest. The soil surface temperature was approx. 39°C / 103°F at this point. <span class ="footnoteTag">[scroll down for additional notes/references]</span>
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<em>The integument (outer body covering) of these P. desertorum workers was quite translucent. When back-lit by the sun (as can be seen in some of these images), these ants glowed with the most beautiful orange-red color. In some cases, x-ray-like hints of their internal anatomy could be seen as well.</em>
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● Castolon [Loc 41] Big Bend N.P., TX USA [el. 660 m / 2164 ft] view location in Google Maps » ● 3/04/10 11:44AM sunny, air temp: 24°C / 76°F
A Pogonomyrmex desertorum worker explores the area around her tiny nest. The soil surface temperature was approx. 39°C / 103°F at this point. [scroll down for additional notes/references]
ADDITIONAL NOTES/REFERENCES:
The integument (outer body covering) of these P. desertorum workers was quite translucent. When back-lit by the sun (as can be seen in some of these images), these ants glowed with the most beautiful orange-red color. In some cases, x-ray-like hints of their internal anatomy could be seen as well.
![<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● Castolon [Loc 41] Big Bend N.P., TX USA [el. 660 m / 2164 ft]</span> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=100103460138962878270.00048384c67ef9deb4b45&ll=29.13417,-103.513355&spn=0.05248,0.072956&z=13&source=embed"><span class="mapLink"> view location in Google Maps »<span></a>
<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● 3/04/10 11:44AM sunny, air temp: 24°C / 76°F</span>
<div class="captionImageMain">A <em>Pogonomyrmex desertorum</em> worker explores the area around her tiny nest. The soil surface temperature was approx. 39°C / 103°F at this point. <span class ="footnoteTag">[scroll down for additional notes/references]</span>
</div>
<div class="captionRefFootnote">ADDITIONAL NOTES/REFERENCES:
<em>The integument (outer body covering) of these P. desertorum workers was quite translucent. When back-lit by the sun (as can be seen in some of these images), these ants glowed with the most beautiful orange-red color. In some cases, x-ray-like hints of their internal anatomy could be seen as well.</em>
</div>](https://photos.smugmug.com/NorthAmericanPogosbyBehavior/Overview/i-Gn5prRL/0/5ceed7e3/Ti/IMG_0783_10_7Df-Ti.jpg)
![<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● south of Madras [Jefferson Co], OR USA [el. 911 m / 2989 ft] </span> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=100103460138962878270.00047a549be715f0192d9&ll=44.483795,-121.040835&spn=0.685829,1.167297&z=9&source=embed"><span class="mapLink">view location in Google Maps »</span></a>
<span class="captionImageInfo"> ● 7/21/09 8:24AM sunny, air temp: 21.1°C / 70°F</span>
<div class="captionImageMain">Although members of the <a href="http://www.davidlouisquinn.com/pogolumina_PogonomyrmexInfo.htm"><span class="glossLinkSm">genus <em>Pogonomyrmex</em></span></a> are ground-dwelling ants, they can often be seen climbing, and foraging on a wide range of plant species. This <em> P.salinus</em> <a href="http://www.davidlouisquinn.com/pogolumina_workerInfo.htm"><span class="glossLinkSm">worker</span></a> is exploring a fiddle-neck plant (<em>Amsinckia</em> sp.) in central Oregon. In addition to their well known habit of <a href="http://www.davidlouisquinn.com/pogolumina_feedingInfo.htm"><span class="glossLinkSm">collecting seeds</span></a> (and other solid plant parts), they are also known to occasionally gather nectar and other sugary substances . We have observed <a href="http://www.davidlouisquinn.com/pogolumina_PsalinusInfo.htm"><span class="glossLinkSm"><em>P.salinus</em></span></a> workers at this location (and others) apparently gleaning some sort of substance from this plant species, though this particular ant did not appear to find anything. In this image, the many tiny hairs, or setae, on the ant's body are clearly illuminated - giving her a 'fuzzy' appearance. The beard-like <a href="http://www.davidlouisquinn.com/pogolumina_psammophoreInfo.htm"><span class="glossLinkSm">psammophore</span></a> is also visible.</div>](https://photos.smugmug.com/NorthAmericanPogosbyBehavior/Overview/i-M9j24HN/5/85f815bc/Ti/0775_09_40f-Ti.jpg)
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