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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 > Atta colombica nest entrance - Panama. filename: colombica6
alexwild > Atta cephalotes - Panama filename: cephalotes25
alexwild > Atta cephalotes - Panama filename: cephalotes24
alexwild > Nomamyrmex army ants are among the few animals that successfully attack leaf-cutter ant nests. The leaf-cutters are not without their defenses. Here two Atta workers attack and kill a Nomamyrmex esenbeckii scout, preventing the army ants from discovering the leaf-cutter's trail. filename: Nomamyrmex2
alexwild > Atta texana. Texas, USA.
alexwild > The jaws of the leafcutter are versatile and capable of more than just slicing vegetation. Here workers carry bits of soil out from an excavation deep within the nest. Atta texana. Texas, USA.
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 > 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
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
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