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alexwild > Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant, major worker. Panama. filename: cephalotes45
alexwild > Atta cephalotes leafcutter ants, media and major workers. Panama. filename: cephalotes44
alexwild > Atta cephalotes minor worker. Panama. filename: cephalotes43
alexwild > Atta cephalotes major and minor workers. Panama. filename: cephalotes41
alexwild > Cephalotes rohweri Palo Verde Turtle Ant - Arizona, USA. filename: rohweri16
alexwild > Cephalotes atratus - Giant Gliding Ant - Panama.
alexwild > A mature leafcutter colony contains more than a million individual ants and can defoliate an entire tree overnight. Here a busy trail of Atta cephalotes carries cut vegetation back to the nest. Note the small ants riding atop the leaves- these stand guard against parasitic Phorid flies attempting to attack the preoccupied leaf-carriers. Ecuador.
alexwild > Atta cephalotes is the most conspicuous leafcutter species in Central America and northern South America.
alexwild > A mature colony of millions of leafcutter ants can consume as much vegetation per day as can a cow. Here a trail of ants brings home a stready steam of leaves to feed their underground fungus. Atta cephalotes. Ecuador.
Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant, major worker. Panama.

filename: cephalotes45
alexwild > Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant, major worker. Panama. filename: cephalotes45
Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant, major worker. Panama.

filename: cephalotes45
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