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Old 04-25-2003, 09:24 PM   #2
Gordon c. Snelling
Mojave desert part 2

Pogonomyrmex was very common. Dont worry a few herps are coming.

<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/1pogo1.jpg>



<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/pogostem2.jpg>



<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/pogostem.jpg>


On the hillside I located a colony of Forelius under a rock,
<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/forelius4.jpg>



<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/forelius2.jpg>



<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/forelius1.jpg>


Termites were fairly common under the rocks, which made it something of a shock that there was so little ant activity.
<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/termite2.jpg>



I also managed to locate a couple of colonies of Myrmecocystus mimicus (Honey Pot Ants) , a very common species at this site.
I looked down and this was what I saw



Did find this cute hopping spider
<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/hopper3.jpg>



And this neat Harvestman under a rock
<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/harvestman1.jpg>



The very first rock I flipped had this under it
<img src=http://krungkuene.org/imgant/pic/solpugid2.jpg>