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Leafcutter ant

Atta cephalotes

Photo by Ariana
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Field Notes

Description:

A colony of ants that eat leaves and carry them up trees.

Habitat:

Ancient Mayan ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

Species ID Suggestions

leafcutter ant

Atta cephalotes

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lori.tas
A. cephalotes is the only leafcutter species in the Yucatan.
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 3, 2011

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