Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) female worker carrying leaf to nest, with a smaller 'minor' ant riding. The minor's job is to protect her sister from parasitic flies. Costa Rica, December. Highly Commended,...
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Kim Taylor / Bachacs / Leafcutter ants {Atta cephalotes} carrying sections of Cocoa leaf bearing 'riders' thought to ward off parasitic flies which would otherwise lay their eggs on the pieces of leaf. Trinidad, W...
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves over the rainforest floor to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Leafcutter ants (Atta) carrying pieces of leaves back to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta) carrying cut pieces of leaves along the forest floor towards therr nest, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)
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Paul Bertner / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group harvesting leaf, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
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Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves along a trail, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.
