. Elementary entomology . FIG. 411. Western agricultural-ant, or mound-building prairie ant (Pogo- nomyrmex occidentalis}. (Enlarged) a, worker; l>, queen. (After Headlee and Dean) among the neighboring grasses, the seeds the nest and furnish food. A few years ago into New Orleans from Argentina, known as the Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex hnmilis), and has now spread over Louisiana and neighboring states, becoming a very serious household pest as well as attacking vegeta- tion. Another common species of this fam- ily (Solenopsis geminate?) is one of the most impor- tant enemies of the larvae o
. Elementary entomology . FIG. 411. Western agricultural-ant, or mound-building prairie ant (Pogo- nomyrmex occidentalis}. (Enlarged) a, worker; l>, queen. (After Headlee and Dean) among the neighboring grasses, the seeds the nest and furnish food. A few years ago into New Orleans from Argentina, known as the Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex hnmilis), and has now spread over Louisiana and neighboring states, becoming a very serious household pest as well as attacking vegeta- tion. Another common species of this fam- ily (Solenopsis geminate?) is one of the most impor- tant enemies of the larvae of the cotton-boll weevil. It will thus be seen that our com- mon ants are of very diverse habits and of FIG. 412. Solenopsis geminata Varying CCO- Fab., a native ant which is a val- nomic impor- tance. They are much more abundant in
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