Foraging behavior of leaf-cutting ants. I. Leaf cutting behavior.

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Shot Date: 1996/05/16
Shot Location: Soberania National Park, Panama

species
Atta colombica

Key Words
foraging behavior
social insect




Chiharu Koshio, Takahiro Murakami
2006/11/30 submitted



Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Hymenoptera >Forimicidae >Atta >

Leaf-cutting ants cultivate fungi in their nests, from which they obtain food. Workers usually forage in the canopy of the forest but they occasionally cut leaves of the small shrubs, so we have a good chance to observe their cutting behavior. Workers are observed to cut leaves.

(Data No.momo061130ac01b)

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