Atta (ant) - Wikipedia
Atta is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains at least 17 known species. Atta leafcutter ants are relatively large, rusty red or brown in colour, and have a spiny body and long legs.
Leafcutter ant - Wikipedia
Leafcutter ants are fungus-growing ants that share the behaviour of cutting leaves which they carry back to their nests to farm fungus. Next to humans, leafcutter ants form some of the largest and most complex animal societies on Earth.
Atta - AntWiki
Jun 3, 2024 · Fungal symbionts transform the fresh, nutrient-rich vegetative material to produce hyphal nodules to feed the ants. Organic material from roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhances carbon and nutrient turnover in nest soils and creates biogeochemical hot spots.
Leafcutter Ant ( Atta cephalotes ) Fact Sheet: Summary
Aug 20, 2024 · Brood young: army ants, possibly bullet ants. Feature Facts. Atta leafcutter ant colonies comparable in social complexity with honeybees and African fungus-growing termites; referred to as “superorganisms”
Atta cephalotes - Wikipedia
Atta cephalotes is a species of leafcutter ant in the tribe Attini (the fungus-growing ants). A single colony of ants can contain up to 5 million members, and each colony has one queen that can live more than 20 years.
Atta cephalotes - AntWiki
Jan 5, 2025 · We found that predatory army ants (Eciton burchellii) as well as non-predatory leaf-cutting ants (Atta cephalotes and Acromyrmex octospinosus (as A. volcanus)) avoided adult N. clavipes silk, suggesting that an additional species within …
Atta texana - AntWiki
Jun 3, 2024 · Practiced by species in several genera of non-leaf-cutting "higher attine" ants, which cultivate a distinct clade of leucocoprineaceous fungi separately derived from the lower attine fungi.
Genus: Atta - AntWeb
A large Atta sexdens worker cuts through a leaf while a smaller worker guards against the overzealous photographer. Captive colony at the University of Texas. ... Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127: 105, 105: 4764 Atta Jerdon ...
Atta - Animalia
Atta is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains at least 17 known species. Atta leafcutter ants are relatively large, rusty red or brown in colour, and have a spiny body and long legs. The three main castes within a nest are the queen, worker, and soldier.
Atta | ant genus | Britannica
Nests of the Atta genus are characterized by ants of different sizes corresponding to castes of workers, soldiers, reproductives, and “guards.” Deep within the nest, the ants physically and chemically cultivate subterranean “gardens” of fungus that grow on the chewed leaves.