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Leafcutter ants
Leafcutter ants 

Publish Date : 26-12-2008

Author : Haui

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Leafcutter ants - Leafcutter ants are social insects found in warmer regions of the Americas. These unique ants have evolved an advanced agricultural system based on ant-fungus mutualism. They feed on special structures called gongylidia produced by a specialized fungus that grows only in the underground chambers of the ants' nest.

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