May 29, 2007

Leafcutter Ants

Filed under: Costa Rica, nature — joshua @ 12:57 pm

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Golfito, Costa Rica

Although this video was taken in Costa Rica anyone who has visited the tropics has seen leafcutter ants. The industrious buggers clear paths through the jungle to make highways for workers to carry leaves back to the hill. They use the leaves to cultivate a fungus which they eat (ant-fungus mutualism).

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  1. Too bad you can’t train them to make boats…

    Comment by Jason — May 29, 2007 @ 2:42 pm

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