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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.
alexwild > Leafcutter ants make characterstic circular cuts. Here an ant completes the circle. Atta cephalotes. Central America.
alexwild > Researchers have discovered that ants slice quickly through plant matter by vibrating their jaws like an electric knife. The vibrations originate in the ants' hindmost body segment (the gaster) shown here tucked under the ant's body. Atta cephalotes. Central America.
alexwild > Ants characteristically slice circular patterns in leaves. Here a media worker of Atta cephalotes finishes off a cut.
alexwild > Leafcutter ants make characterstic circular cuts. Atta cephalotes. Central America.
Cephalotes rohweri Palo Verde Turtle Ant - Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Cephalotes rohweri Palo Verde Turtle Ant - Arizona, USA. filename: rohweri16
Cephalotes rohweri Palo Verde Turtle Ant - Arizona, USA.

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