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alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter. filename: versicolor34
alexwild > A small Atta cephalotes worker riding atop a leaf guards her sisters from attacks by parasitic flies. Ants carrying leaves cannot use their mandibles for defense, so they carry hitchhikers to ward off the parasites. filename: cephalotes22
alexwild > Atta cephalotes - Panama filename: cephalotes21
alexwild > Atta cephalotes - Panama. A small leafcutter worker atop a leaf guards her sister against attacks by parasitic flies. Ants carrying leaves cannot use their mandibles for defense, so they carry hitchhikers to ward off the parasites. filename: cephalotes16
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ant - Arizona, USA. A young queen leafcutter ant in her incipient fungus garden. The fungus, seen here as the fuzzy white material, grows on bits of leaves that the ants provide it. Also visible here to the left of the queen are the ants' larvae, which live in the garden consuming the fungus. filename: versicolor32
alexwild > Atta colombica nest entrance - Panama. filename: colombica6
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ant - Arizona, USA. A young queen leafcutter ant tends to her larvae in the incipient fungus garden. filename: versicolor33
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ant - Arizona, USA. A young queen leafcutter ant tends to her larvae in the incipient fungus garden. filename: versicolor31
alexwild > Atta cephalotes - Panama filename: cephalotes25
Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter.

filename: versicolor34
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter. filename: versicolor34
Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter.

filename: versicolor34
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