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Atta texana - leafcutter ants
Texas

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Ants carry bits of excavated soil from their nest.

 
USA TX Travis Co.: Austin
Brackenridge Field Laboratory
150m 30º17.02´N 97º46.75´W 
iii.2007 Riparian forest, nest in soil.

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