Interactions with Plants
From seed foraging to plant removal. Pogos
interacting with the plant life around them, in North America.
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Pogonomyrmex salinus
● NW of Mattawa [Grant Co], WA USA [el. 152 m / 500 ft] view location in Google Maps » ● 9/21/08 8:06AM overcast, air temp: 18°C / 65°F
The flip-side of harvesting, is the removal of inedible plant parts from the nest interior. Here, a Pogonomyrmex salinus worker carries an empty seedpod out to the refuse pile, or midden.
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