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Leafcutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

Photo by magalocr
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Leafcutter ant

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Zompopas (spanish name in Costa Rica) leafcutter ant

Atta cephalotes
Jonathan Sequeira
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Comments (3)
magalocr
Thanks guys! I just update it
LauraMaria
Jonathan is right, these are leaf cutter ants! Amazing that you got to see some, I've only ever seen them in a display at my local zoo!
Jonathan Sequeira
Esta es también una Atta sp cargando una flor de poro http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5902132

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PublishedJuly 10, 2011

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