Apterostigma auriculatum Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Apterostigma

is one of several genera of small Neotropical fungus-growing ants. These leggy, slow-moving insects typically have small nests in the soil, but some species may construct their fungus gardens on the undersides of leaves above the forest floor.

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Apterostigma auriculatum fungus-growing ants are true agriculturalists. They subsist on a fungus they cultivate with bits of collected detritus.

Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

Apterostigma auriculatum

Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

Apterostigma auriculatum in the fungus garden.

Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

An Apterostigma forager carries a bit of debris back to her nest.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Apterostigma auriculatum

Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

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Keywords: ants insect insects formicidae myrmicinae worker ant attini apterostigma auriculatum apterostigma lower attines

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