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Leafcutter ants are conspicuous insects in warmer regions of the Americas. These spiny, charismatic ants are expert farmers, cultivating their food- a specialized fungus- in extensive underground galleries. The cut leaves are not consumed directly by the ants but are used to grow the fungus.

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alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > Leafcutter ants characteristically slice circular patterns in leaves. Here a worker of Atta sexdens finishes off a cut.

alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > In Texas, leafcutters are sometimes known as "Town Ants" for their extensive nest mounds.

Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > In Texas, leafcutters are sometimes known as "Town Ants" for their extensive nest mounds.

Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > Large piles of excavated earth mark a mature nest of the Texas Leafcutter ant, Atta texana. Austin, Texas, USA.

alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.

alexwild > Follow the leader! Atta texana carry leaves back to their nest. Texas, USA.

Atta texana. Texas, USA.

> Atta texana. Texas, USA.

Atta texana. Texas, USA.

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Keywords: art texas bugs ants nature macro insect insects leafcutter hymenoptera atta entomology formicidae myrmicinae attini attine leafcutting

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