jeffc,
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Putting up the Ant Signal! (It's like the Bat Signal but, well, you know...) Can anyone identify the species?

It was at a nature preserve in San Diego county. The ants were brown, about 7mm long, and fast-moving.

@futurebird? You may be my only hope!

A macro image of the ants: large-ish head, narrow body, gaster is bigger than the head.

futurebird,
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@jeffc

Those are harvester ants, genus Pogonomyrmex or Veromesor

These ants collect seeds and have deep nest with pancake shaped chambers.

The photos are little blurry for an exact species, but @alexwild knows those ants out west better than I do...

jeffc,
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@futurebird
@alexwild Thanks! Sorry about the blur: they were moving fast!

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