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Leaf-cutter Ant

Acromyrmex sp.

Photo by Tom15
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Description:

There are 31 species of Leaf-cutter Ants, found in Central and South America. They carry pieces of leaves, grass and other vegetation underground where it decays and they farm the fungus it forms.

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