Thank you, John. We've called them thatch ants and always wondered about the
species. I've also heard the term 'honey harvester' and thought that could
be the ones that build from juniper pieces.  I'll look at this website.

Carolyn

A bit of snow this morning...




On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:02 AM, John P Weiser <[email protected]>wrote:

>   Carolyn
> The ants you describe, with the pebble covered nest, are Harvester Ants.
> The species you have are most likely to be, *Pogonomyrmex salinus.* There
> are several other possible species. A good web sight is
> http://www.antweb.org/tools.do
>
> John Weiser
> 50 F and spring like in Reno.
> Have to keep reminding myself It ain't over yet!!
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