Scavenging, and Scavenged
Pogos
scrounging for non-plant-based food sources at various locations in North America.
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Pogonomyrmex salinus
● Boardman [Morrow Co], OR USA [El. 91m/298 ft] view location in Google Maps » ● 7/22/09 9:15AM sunny, air temp: 27°C / 80°F
[IMAGE 2 OF 2] Making remarkably good progress, a Pogonomyrmex salinus worker (with intermittent help from a nestmate) transports the legless carcass of an earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). The ants were moving their cargo away from the nest entrance. It is not known if the earwig had been previously scavenged by the Pogos (as a potential food source), or if it just wandered into the nest, and was killed by the ants...
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