Leaf Cutting Ants in Panama city

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Leaf Cutting Ants in Panama city

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:00 pm

This is a beautiful sight!

[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNR8ddaFF2c [/youtube]
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Re: Leaf Cutting Ants in Panama city

Post by Deansie26 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:02 pm

Now matter how good any set up is there never going to be like the real thing in wild, amazing.
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Re: Leaf Cutting Ants in Panama city

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:07 pm

I love the contrast between the grass and the leaves. And notice how they have cleared all the grass away so they do not get slowed down when working. There are separate teams of ants that do nothing else other than move stuff out of the way. We can sit for hours and put quite big branches in the way and the soldiers and big workers will eventually move it or cut it up.
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