"Leaf-cutter nests can be both vast and intricate, decked out with multiple chambers and turrets. Yet these astonishing structures emerge without blueprints or plans; there’s no mastermind who oversees nest construction. “They don’t have architects,” Cosarinsky says. “They don’t have a hierarchy to tell them what to do.”"

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/crazy-nests-leaf-cutter-ants-build

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