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alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod. Green Valley, Arizona, USA
alexwild > The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano. Green Valley, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
alexwild > Harvester ants (Aphaenogaster cockerelli) tear apart a queen leafcutter ant (Acromyrmex versicolor) they have caught after a leafcutter mating flight. Ants won't often eat members of their own species, but they will happily consume ants of other species. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant nest in an urban setting. Green Valley, Arizona, USA
alexwild > After mating, a young leafcutter ant queen sheds her wings. Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate. This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > A desert leafcutter, Acromyrmex versicolor, carrying a leaf back to her nest. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
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