Leafcutter ant
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Leafcutter ants are several species of fungus-growing ants that share the behaviour of cutting leaves which they carry back to their nests to farm fungus. Next to humans, leafcutter ants form some of
Atta cephalotes, Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart
Atta colombica, queen with larvae and workers on substrate
Leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
Workers of Atta colombica at work
Ant
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Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More
Leafcutter ant
…taking up 30 to 600 m2 (320 to 6,460 sq ft) and occupied by 3.55 million individuals. Leafcutter ants are any of at least 55 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex, within the tribe Attini. These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic…
Fire ants 01
Bright red ant, likely part of the Formica pallidefulva species group, on a flower
Ants fossilised in Baltic amber
Bull ant showing the powerful mandibles and the relatively large compound eyes that provide excellent vision