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last updated 5.May.2004


Atta (leaf-cutter ants)

Atta are the giant leaf-cutting ants of the new world tropics and subtropics.  They use freshly-cut vegetation to cultivate a fungus in subterranean gardens, and are one of the most significant agricultural pests in tropical America.


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Atta cephalotes

Atta cephalotes

Atta cephalotes

Atta cephalotes

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta laevigata

Atta mexicana

Atta sexdens

Atta sexdens

Atta vollenweideri

Atta vollenweideri

Atta vollenweideri

Atta vollenweideri

Atta vollenweideri


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