Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Scenic Wildflowers Trains Spiders & Insects Search Sierra Nevada Jan. 2015 Part 8      Home        Part 1        Part 2        Part 3        Part 4        Part 5        Part 6        Part 7        Part 8   Harester Ants Near Red Cinder Mountain Desert Harvester Ant (Messor pergandei) Messor pergandei: These shiny black harvester ants are common throughout the Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California and Arizona. Unlike the red (Pogonomyrmex) harvester ants, they do not sting.   See Messor pergandei In Borrego Springs   All images on this page copyright © W.P. Armstrong