Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.
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{Harvesting ant} (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers
and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
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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}.
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