Atta laevigata is the largest of the leafcutter ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of an Atta laevigata leafcutter ant soldier.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of an Atta laevigata leafcutter ant soldier.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of an Atta laevigata leafcutter ant soldier.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Atta laevigata is recognizeable by the giant shiny head of the soldiers.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of an Atta laevigata leafcutter ant soldier.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Atta laevigata is the largest of the leafcutter ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A queen Atta texana Texas leafcutter ant sits amid her much smaller daughters in the fungus garden.

Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Atta cephalotes

Gamboa, Panama
Atta laevigata is the largest of the leafcutter ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Atta laevigata is the largest of the leafcutter ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Atta laevigata is the largest of the leafcutter ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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