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Fungus-growing ants
Fungus-growing ants
A still-winged fungus-growing alate
A still-winged fungus-growing alate
An Atta colombica queen surrounded by workers in a fungus garden
An Atta colombica queen surrounded by workers in a fungus garden
Different sizes of Atta insularis workers demonstrating the common polymorphism of higher attines
Different sizes of Atta insularis workers demonstrating the common polymorphism of higher attines
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Atta colombica queen
Atta colombica queen
Until the first generation of the new colony is born and matures, the queen will have to cultivate the fungus herself. When a queen is establishing a
Until the first generation of the new colony is born and matures, the queen will have to cultivate the fungus herself. When a queen is establishing a new colony, she brings a fungal cultivar from her previous colony and lays her eggs around it. Once the eggs mature, she retires from cultivating and continues to lay as many as 20,000 eggs to establish the rest of the colony.
Atta, "higher attine" ants and their cultivar fungus
Atta, "higher attine" ants and their cultivar fungus