(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Issue No. 297
J. C. Nickerson
August, 1987
Introduction
The Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille), occurs throughout most of Florida; however, it is limited by ecological requirements. Where it does occur, the ant nest is readily visible as a large cleared area with a number of slow moving individuals on the surface near the nest. Harvester ants are so called due to their seed gathering for food.