An ant that gathers and stores seeds and grain as a communal food source for the colony.
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Messor and other genera, family Formicidae
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There are 22 species of harvester ants in the United States with most occurring in the west.
Harvester ants will eat almost anything but their favorite foods are fresh vegetables and fruits.
Some ants, known collectively as harvester ants, do consume seeds, but the seeds they eat are typically those of grasses or other plants that lack elaiosomes.
Grassland harvester ants harvest very few seeds of the most abundant species at the beginning of a season, but switch during the season possibly due to increasing rarity of the preferred species.
The shuttle carried 15 large harvester ants found normally in the western United States so that the students could learn how space's extremely low gravity affects their tunneling behavior.
Definition of harvester ant in US English:
harvester ant
noun
An ant that gathers and stores seeds and grain as a communal food source for the colony.
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Messor and other genera, family Formicidae
Example sentencesExamples
Harvester ants will eat almost anything but their favorite foods are fresh vegetables and fruits.
Grassland harvester ants harvest very few seeds of the most abundant species at the beginning of a season, but switch during the season possibly due to increasing rarity of the preferred species.
There are 22 species of harvester ants in the United States with most occurring in the west.
Some ants, known collectively as harvester ants, do consume seeds, but the seeds they eat are typically those of grasses or other plants that lack elaiosomes.
The shuttle carried 15 large harvester ants found normally in the western United States so that the students could learn how space's extremely low gravity affects their tunneling behavior.