PMC highlights studies, notes, and my own personal accounts of one of the world's most aggressive and invasive ant species, Pheidole megacephala, which is commonly known as the Big Headed Ant (BHA) or Coastal Brown Ant.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Pheidole megacephala in Harare, Zimbabwe
Note Citation: Wetterer, JK (2018). Pheidole megacephala in Harare, Zimbabwe . The Pm Compendium (PMC). https://pheidolemegacephala.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-records-of-pheidole-megacephala-in.html
Dr. James Wetterer, whose research focuses on the distribution and ecology of invasive ant species, surveyed Harare in Zimbabwe, as well as the town of Kariba, and some points in between in 2012.
He noted that "at all sites in Harare and a nearby game reserve, Pheidole megacephala dominates and few other species are to be found. I don't even find other widespread tramps."
Click here for google map of P. megacephala samples.
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