Fungus Growing Ant Collection

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying plant matter, Costa Rica

Line of Leaf-cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves, digital composite

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying pieces of fern, reflected in water, Costa Rica

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying piece of leaf, Costa Rica

Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaves, Costa Rica

Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) female worker ants carry pieces of fern leaves to nest, reflected in water, Costa Rica, December

Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying plant matter, Costa Rica

Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting pieces of a banana leaf, Costa Rica

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