A fungus-feeding ant; foraging workers cut leaves to provide the basic material for a fungus garden inside their soil nest; workers harvest fungus to feed larvae; mostly found in the New World tropics. (Order: Hymenoptera. Family: Formicidae, c.200 species.)
Leafcutter ant|
Leafcutter ant |
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Acromyrmex |
Leafcutter ants are social insects found in warmer regions of Central and South America.
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Atta colombica, queen with larvae and workers on substrate |
Workers of Atta colombica cutting all leaves of a young tree |
Two leafcutter ants |
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ants collecting leaves. |
Leafcutter ants on job |
Long way of leafcutter ant |
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