When they first brought the Atta Cephelotes colony to the American Museum of Natural History, there were lots of large soldier ants, guarding the path where the ants, carried their leaves back to their nest, but now having settled in, you see hardly any soldiers at all. I had to look in the nest near what I suspect is the Queen’s chamber to even find one!They may have stopped producing soldiers because, in a closed environment, they just aren’t necessary.
A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
Days #130-132 of Our Epic Trip
We stayed at a state campground and really enjoyed the park. Do you know what a Javelina is?
https://happyvegancampers.com/2024/03/19/days-130-132-of-our-epic-trip/
Atta cephalotes leafcutter ants meet along a foraging trail in Minca, Colombia.
How leafcutter ants cut colourful leaves and carry them over grey stones: https://aeon.co/videos/an-artist-and-ants-collaborate-on-an-exhibit-of-tiny-abstract-expressionist-paintings
A gallery of fungus-farming ants.
#Ants #Insects #LeafcutterAnts
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Farming-Ants-Leafcutters/
Hundreds of ant species live as farmers in the warmer regions of North and South America. These insects- a single evolutionary radiation- cultivate an edible fungus fed with bits of vegetative debris, or in the case of the leafcutter ants, with live vegetation.
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