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alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > Atta cephalotes leafcutter ants inside their fungus garden. These ants are exclusively fungivores, cultivating a specialized fungus in extensive underground galleries.
alexwild > What becomes of the leaves taken underground into the ants' nest? The leaves are cut into small pieces and fed to a specialized fungus that grows only within leafcutter nests. The fungus can be seen here as fluffy white mycelia growing across the green leaf matter. Atta cephalotes. Central America.
alexwild > The spongy white fungus of the leafcutter ants grows into extensive galleries that form an edible living space. Atta colombica
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > A pair of Atta texana workers on a foraging trail. Texas, USA.
Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
Atta texana. Texas, USA.
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