Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Harvesting ant} (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. [1913 Webster] Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are {Aphenogaster structor} and {Aphenogaster barbara}; that of Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is {Pogonomyrmex crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under {Agricultural}. [1913 Webster]