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1858)","monogyne",{"biology":9,"husbandry":10,"nuptialFlight":10},"high","medium",[12,13],"US","MX",[15,16],"bite","strongSting",[18,19,20],"seeds","insects","sugar",4,[23,24],30,50,[26,27,28,29,30,31],"temperature","humidity","hibernationTemperature","workerSize","queenSize","maxWorkers","compiled","yml",false,"claustral","moderate",null,"recommended",[40,41],12,2,[40,43],16,[24,45],70,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus.jpg",{"author":48,"license":49,"url":50},"Jake Nitta (froggy143)","CC BY 4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inaturalist.org\u002Fobservations\u002F99824074",800,1200,{"status":54,"checked":55},"free","2026-10-26",[57,58,59],"Pogonomyrmex rugosus","Pogonomyrmex occidentalis","Pogonomyrmex 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hybridization)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4541987",[91,92,93],"taxonomy","biology","distribution",{"type":87,"title":95,"url":96,"covers":97},"Volny and Gordon (2002), PNAS 99: Genetic basis for queen-worker dimorphism in a social insect (workers come from parents of two different lineages, queens from parents of the same lineage)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1073\u002Fpnas.092066699",[92],{"type":87,"title":99,"url":100,"covers":101},"Ingram, Pilko, Heer and Gordon (2013), Journal of Animal Ecology 82: Colony life history and lifetime reproductive success of red harvester ant colonies (site near Rodeo, New Mexico, colonies live about 25 to 30 years and reproduce from 4 to 5 years old, one mating aggregation a year, queens must mate with at least one male of each lineage, about a quarter of the possible parent colonies had offspring colonies on the site)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002F1365-2656.12036",[92,102],"nuptialFlight",{"type":87,"title":104,"url":105,"covers":106},"Gordon (2013), Nature 498: The rewards of restraint in the collective regulation of foraging by harvester ant colonies (colonies that forage less on dry days have more offspring colonies and survive as long, colony lifespan of 20 to 30 years)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1038\u002Fnature12137",[92],{"type":87,"title":108,"url":109,"covers":110},"Gordon, Dektar and Pinter-Wollman (2013), PLoS One 8: Harvester ant colony variation in foraging activity and response to humidity (outgoing foragers depend on the rate of foragers returning with food, colonies differ consistently from year to year)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3662670",[92],{"type":87,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"Sundaram, Steiner and Gordon (2022), Ecological Monographs 92: Rainfall, neighbors, and foraging, the dynamics of a population of red harvester ant colonies 1988 to 2019 (colonies live about 30 years, new colonies depend on rainfall, decline during the drought)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Fecm.1503",[92],{"type":87,"title":116,"url":117,"covers":118},"Gordon (2025), Ecology and Evolution 15: Nest entrance architecture and the regulation of foraging activity in desert harvester ants (about 2,000 workers at 2 years and a stable 10,000 at 5 years, nest about 1 m deep with a retreat tunnel to 2 m, seed chambers deep in the nest, foraging stops when it gets too hot and dry)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Fece3.72122",[92],{"type":87,"title":120,"url":121,"covers":122},"Johnson (1998), Insectes Sociaux 45: Foundress survival and brood production in the desert seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. barbatus (water is the main factor in founding success, barbatus queens are smaller but raise more workers and brood, read through abstract excerpts)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs000400050086",[92,123],"husbandry",{"type":87,"title":125,"url":126,"covers":127},"Robinson and colleagues (2023), Journal of Biological Chemistry 300: Peptide toxins that target vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels underly the painful stings of harvester ants (intense local pain lasting several hours, P. barbatus venom toxicity in mice)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC10821600",[92],{"type":87,"title":129,"url":130,"covers":131},"Young and Howell (1954), Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 35: The mating swarm of the Texas harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) (swarm at about 2 pm on 2 August 1954 near El Reno, Oklahoma, the day after the first rain in over a month, on a clear 37 degrees C day, mating on the ground, earlier records from late June in Texas)","https:\u002F\u002Fojs.library.okstate.edu\u002Fosu\u002Findex.php\u002FOAS\u002Farticle\u002Fview\u002F3813",[102,92],{"type":87,"title":133,"url":134,"covers":135},"Wheeler (1917), Psyche 24: Notes on the marriage flights of some Sonoran ants (flight of P. barbatus, as P. barbatus molefaciens, at 5 pm on 31 July at Tempe, Arizona, queens digging along the damp edges of puddles after rains)","https:\u002F\u002Fgroups.csail.mit.edu\u002Fmac\u002Fprojects\u002Fpsyche\u002F24\u002F24-177.html",[102],{"type":87,"title":137,"url":138,"covers":139},"Ríos-Casanova and colleagues (2014), Sociobiology 61: Activity patterns of a harvester ant in an inter-tropical semiarid zone in central Mexico (P. barbatus stays active in winter in the Tehuacán Valley, while activity stops in winter in temperate deserts, abstract only)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.13102\u002Fsociobiology.v61i2.133-135",[92,93],{"type":141,"title":142,"url":143,"covers":144},"reference","AntCat: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, 1858), valid species, described as Myrmica barbata from a queen from Mexico (read through the AntCat API)","https:\u002F\u002Fantcat.org\u002Fcatalog\u002F445224",[91],{"type":141,"title":146,"url":147,"covers":148},"Catalogue of Life: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, 1858) (AntCat classification: Myrmicinae, Pogonomyrmecini)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.catalogueoflife.org\u002Fdata\u002Ftaxon\u002F77SM7",[91],{"type":141,"title":150,"url":151,"covers":152},"AntWiki: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (large, red and aggressive, fine head ridges against the coarse ones of P. rugosus, about 10 mm long, crater mounds about 1 m wide, very painful sting, read through search excerpts)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antwiki.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPogonomyrmex_barbatus",[91,92,93],{"type":141,"title":154,"url":155,"covers":156},"GBIF: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, 1858), occurrence records by country (United States and Mexico) and English name red harvester 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Mexico and Arizona, flights after rain mostly in August and September, cleared nest disks, powerful sting)","https:\u002F\u002Furbanentomology.tamu.edu\u002Furban-pests\u002Fants\u002Fred_harvester\u002F",[91,92,93,102],{"type":141,"title":170,"url":171,"covers":172},"NavajoNature.org: Pogonomyrmex californicus (Lubertazzi and Alpert: small, light red, coarse ridges with shining spaces, no spines on the propodeum)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.navajonature.org\u002Fants\u002Fmyrmicinae\u002Fpogonomyrmex-californicus.html",[91],{"type":141,"title":174,"url":175,"covers":176},"Wikipedia: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (workers about 6 mm, conical gravel mound, interior West)","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPogonomyrmex_occidentalis",[91,93],{"type":178,"title":179,"url":180,"covers":181},"careSheet","AntScout: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (claustral founding, workers 7 to 10 mm and queen about 12 mm, nest 25 to 30 degrees C, winter rest of 2 to 3 months at 10 to 15 degrees C, colonies up to 10,000 to 12,000 workers, poor climbers on smooth surfaces, flight records from June to August with a peak in July and around 17:00)","https:\u002F\u002Fantscout.com\u002Fspecies\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus",[123,92,102],{"type":178,"title":183,"url":184,"covers":185},"Ant Shack: Pogonomyrmex barbatus species profile (nest 26 to 30 degrees C in the care section and 22 to 28 in the header, a small humid corner for the eggs and young larvae, colonies of 10,000 to 15,000 workers, optional winter rest from December to February at 15 to 18 degrees C, seeds and insects, poor climbers on smooth surfaces, workers drown easily)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ant-shack.com\u002Fpages\u002Fencyclopedia-entry\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus",[123,92],{"type":178,"title":187,"url":188,"covers":189},"FormicaMarket: Pogonomyrmex barbatus care guide (claustral and monogyne, nest 22 to 32 degrees C with a warm corner, 30 to 60% humidity, cool rest at about 12 degrees C called essential, small seeds for the larvae, climbing barrier, colonies up to 12,000 workers)","https:\u002F\u002Fformicamarket.com\u002Fen\u002Fant-database\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus\u002F",[123,92],{"type":178,"title":191,"url":192,"covers":193},"Ants R Us: Pogonomyrmex barbatus red harvester ant starter kit (nest 20 to 28 degrees C with 26 ideal, 60 to 80% humidity, no hibernation but an optional diapause of 6 to 8 weeks from late November, founding queens may be fed every 2 to 3 weeks)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antsrus.com\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fpogomyrmex-barbatus-red-harvester-ant-starter-kit",[123],{"type":178,"title":195,"url":196,"covers":197},"AntGear: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (heat gradient of 80 to 95 degrees F, development slows a lot below 75 degrees F, seed list, check seeds 2 to 3 times a week and remove sprouted or moldy ones, Fluon barrier)","https:\u002F\u002Fantgear.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus\u002F",[123],{"type":178,"title":199,"url":200,"covers":201},"Tar Heel Ants: Pogonomyrmex barbatus colony (heat source needed for growth, at least 78 degrees F, dry seed stores, constant water, poor climbers on glass and acrylic, shipped under permits only to the states where the species is native)","https:\u002F\u002Ftarheelants.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus-colony-3-5-workersmini-hearth-bundle",[123,202],"legal",{"type":178,"title":204,"url":205,"covers":206},"Stateside Ants: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (nest 88 to 95 degrees F, no growth at room temperature, a short diapause of 3 to 5 weeks at room temperature or slightly cooler, read through search excerpts)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statesideants.com\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus",[123],{"type":208,"title":209,"url":210,"covers":211},"forum","Formiculture: Pogonomyrmex (an Arizona keeper on P. barbatus: fully claustral, kept in the upper 80s to low 90s degrees F all year, no hibernation needed, about two thirds seeds and one third insects, climbs better than most Pogonomyrmex, very painful sting)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F14491-pogonomyrmex",[123,92],{"type":208,"title":213,"url":214,"covers":215},"Formiculture: First time with Pogonomyrmex queens, production has slowed (eight P. barbatus queens caught in late June kept at about 85 degrees F, brood shrank on honey water, a P. californicus keeper advised protein 2 to 3 times a week and piles of crushed seeds)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F9730-first-time-with-pogonomyrmex-queens-production-has-slowed",[123],{"type":208,"title":217,"url":218,"covers":219},"Formiculture: Pogonomyrmex barbatus founding tips (Pogonomyrmex do not last in the long run in a tube alone, dirt boxes, founding queens sensitive to light and vibration, one keeper says fully claustral)","https:\u002F\u002Fformiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F9258-pogonomyrmex-barbatus-founding-tips",[123],{"type":208,"title":221,"url":222,"covers":223},"Formiculture: Are Pogonomyrmex barbatus fully claustral (keepers cite ASU as fully claustral, some feed founding queens small amounts)","https:\u002F\u002Fformiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F11905-are-pogonomyrmex-barbatus-fully-claustral",[123,92],{"type":208,"title":225,"url":226,"covers":227},"Formiculture: Nance Pogonomyrmex barbatus journal (Fort Worth colony at 80 to 85 degrees F, foods taken and refused, first winter at room temperature, workers struggle to climb the outworld walls)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F7394-nances-pogonomyrmex-barbatus-journal\u002F",[123],{"type":208,"title":229,"url":230,"covers":231},"Formiculture: pogo barbatus flight (Texas keepers: flights after heavy rain on hot, sunny, calm days, wind and clouds stop them)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F1623-pogo-barbatus-flight\u002F",[102],{"type":208,"title":233,"url":234,"covers":235},"Formiculture: Preparation for 2016 anting season (quotes an Arizona study, Pogonomyrmex flights start a few days after the summer rains, from mid July to early September, P. barbatus flew from 15:30 to 17:00)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F2463-preparation-for-2016-anting-season\u002F",[102],{"type":141,"title":237,"url":238,"covers":239},"EU list of invasive alien species of Union concern (Implementing Regulation 2016\u002F1141, consolidated)","https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Freg_impl\u002F2016\u002F1141\u002Foj",[202],{"type":141,"title":241,"url":242,"covers":243},"Wikipedia: List of invasive alien species of Union concern (114 species in 2025, the listed ants are Brachyponera chinensis, Solenopsis geminata, invicta and richteri, and Wasmannia auropunctata, no Pogonomyrmex)","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_invasive_alien_species_of_Union_concern",[202],{"type":141,"title":245,"url":246,"covers":247},"MITECO: Spanish Catalogue of Invasive Alien Species, arthropods (no Pogonomyrmex)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miteco.gob.es\u002Fes\u002Fbiodiversidad\u002Ftemas\u002Fconservacion-de-especies\u002Fespecies-exoticas-invasoras\u002Fce_eei_artropodos_nc.html",[202],{"type":141,"title":249,"url":250,"covers":251},"Bundesartenschutzverordnung (BArtSchV), Anlage 1: protected species in Germany (the only ants listed are Formica species)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de\u002Fbartschv_2005\u002Fanlage_1.html",[202],{"type":141,"title":253,"url":254,"covers":255},"Gifttiergesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen: venomous animals whose keeping is banned (snakes, scorpions and spiders, no ants)","https:\u002F\u002Frecht.nrw.de\u002Flrgv\u002Fgesetz\u002F30122025-gifttiergesetz-gifttierg-nrw",[202],{"type":141,"title":257,"url":258,"covers":259},"Japan Ministry of the Environment: designated invasive alien species under the Invasive Alien Species Act (no Pogonomyrmex)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.env.go.jp\u002Fnature\u002Fintro\u002F2outline\u002Flist.html",[202],{"type":141,"title":261,"url":262,"covers":263},"USDA APHIS: Invertebrate pets (a PPQ 526 permit is needed to move, import or sell any ant species between US states, locally caught ants need no USDA permit)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aphis.usda.gov\u002Forganism-soil-imports\u002Finvertebrate-pets",[202],"species\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus","Myrmicinae",[267,268],26,32,"Pogonomyrmecini",[67,271],10,"pf7Nz3XVvhdgvtuykbp4NUqWadW9vCDKABFs_zMuoSw","pogonomyrmex-barbatus","Pogonomyrmex","Formica mietitrice rossa",[],"Una grossa raccoglitrice di semi rossa dei deserti e delle praterie del sud-ovest, con una puntura dolorosa e colonie che vivono da 20 a 30 anni.",{"id":279,"title":280,"aliases":276,"body":281,"description":285,"extension":287,"faqs":288,"identification":298,"language":299,"meta":300,"navigation":301,"nickname":275,"notes":302,"path":313,"seo":314,"stem":315,"tagline":277,"__hash__":316},"speciesProfiles\u002Fit\u002Fspecies\u002Fpogonomyrmex-barbatus.md","Pogonomyrmex Barbatus",{"type":282,"value":283,"toc":284},"minimark",[],{"title":285,"searchDepth":41,"depth":41,"links":286},"",[],"md",[289,292,295],{"question":290,"answer":291},"Quanto vive una colonia di Pogonomyrmex barbatus?","Da 20 a 30 anni circa, di solito nello stesso nido. In una popolazione censita ogni anno dagli anni Ottanta vicino a Rodeo, nel New Mexico, una colonia passa da circa 2.000 operaie a 2 anni di età a una quota stabile di circa 10.000 a 5 anni. A partire dai 4 o 5 anni di età invia regine alate e maschi al volo nuziale annuale. In uno studio genetico condotto lì, solo circa un quarto delle colonie in età da riprodursi aveva colonie figlie nell'area di studio.",{"question":293,"answer":294},"Come decide una colonia di formica mietitrice rossa quando uscire a foraggiare?","Senza alcun capo. Le operaie foraggiatrici escono dal nido a un ritmo stabilito da quanto spesso le compagne di nido tornano con dei semi, quindi un buon raccolto richiama più formiche all'esterno, e il foraggiamento si ferma quando la giornata diventa troppo calda e secca. Nello studio a lungo termine di Deborah Gordon, le colonie che foraggiavano meno nei giorni secchi, il che comporta un minor consumo d'acqua, hanno generato più colonie figlie e sono vissute altrettanto a lungo.",{"question":296,"answer":297},"Perché una regina di formica mietitrice rossa deve accoppiarsi con due tipi di maschi?","In molte popolazioni dell'Arizona sud-orientale e del New Mexico sud-occidentale la specie è divisa in due linee genetiche. Le figlie di genitori della stessa linea diventano regine, mentre le figlie di genitori di linee diverse diventano operaie. Una regina ha quindi bisogno di maschi di entrambe le linee per allevare sia operaie sia nuove regine, e si accoppia con molti maschi. Nelle popolazioni orientali, come quelle del Texas, la casta dipende dall'ambiente, come nella maggior parte delle formiche.","Operaie grandi, da rosso ruggine a rosso intenso su tutto il corpo, con una barba di lunghi peli sotto la testa, fini creste sulla testa e un paio di spine nella parte posteriore del torace. Pogonomyrmex rugosus è di colore da bruno scuro a nerastro, con un gaster più chiaro e a contrasto e creste della testa grossolane e ben distanziate, mentre P. occidentalis e P. californicus sono più piccole, e californicus non ha spine sul torace.","it",{},true,[303,306,309,311],{"kind":304,"text":305},"tip","Il calore è ciò che le fa crescere. Tieni l'estremità calda del nido a circa 30 °C con un cavo o un tappetino riscaldante e lascia il resto del nido più fresco. I venditori riferiscono che la covata si sviluppa molto più lentamente sotto i 24 °C circa e che le colonie crescono a malapena a normale temperatura ambiente.",{"kind":307,"text":308},"watchOut","L'acqua e miele da sola non basta. Un allevatore ha dato a otto giovani colonie solo acqua e miele e ha visto la covata ridursi, e gli è stato consigliato di mettere a disposizione semi frantumati e di dare insetti due o tre volte a settimana. Offri semi piccoli come fienarola dei prati, tarassaco o chia, ed elimina quelli che germogliano o ammuffiscono.",{"kind":304,"text":310},"Una regina fondatrice può allevare le prime operaie senza cibo, ma ha bisogno di umidità: in uno studio di laboratorio l'acqua è stata il fattore principale per il successo della fondazione. Un allevatore avverte che le Pogonomyrmex non resistono a lungo se restano solo in una provetta: sposta quindi la giovane colonia in un setup di sabbia o terra con un angolo umido. Fornisci l'acqua con un tubo chiuso da un tappo, non con una vaschetta aperta, perché le operaie annegano anche in piccole gocce.",{"kind":307,"text":312},"Negli Stati Uniti, spostare una formica di qualsiasi specie da uno stato all'altro richiede un'autorizzazione USDA PPQ 526. 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