Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod.

Green Valley, Arizona, USA
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
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