leafcutter ants leaf with fresh chunks removed |
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| Several leafcutter ants perched on a leaf on a shrub in Belize. The leaf in focus already has several chunks removed. Leafcutter ants dont eat the leaves they harvest - they use them as a medium to grow various types of fungus with which to feed their larvae. |
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