Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Mycocepurus smithii

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Mycocepurus smithii, on a fungal thread at the periphery of the fungus garden.  The ants are true agriculturalists, cultivating an edible fungus on a substrate of assorted debris.

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Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii.

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Mycocepurus smithii, on a fungal thread at the periphery of the fungus garden.  The ants are true agriculturalists, cultivating an edible fungus on a substrate of assorted debris.

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Mycocepurus smithii, on a fungal thread at the periphery of the fungus garden. The ants are true agriculturalists, cultivating an edible fungus on a substrate of assorted debris.

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Mycocepurus smithii, on a fungal thread at the periphery of the fungus garden.  The ants are true agriculturalists, cultivating an edible fungus on a substrate of assorted debris.

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Mycocepurus smithii, on a fungal thread at the periphery of the fungus garden. The ants are true agriculturalists, cultivating an edible fungus on a substrate of assorted debris.

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