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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Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Cephalotes clypeatus) Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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Solvin Zankl / Leaf cutter ant (Atta cephalotes ) close-up. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker on leaf protecting larger workers carrying leaf from parasitoid flies, Costa Rica
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Jouan & Rius / Leaf cutting ants (Atta cephalotes) cutting pieces of leaf, rainforest habitat, Costa Rica
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Kim Taylor / Bachacs / Leaf-cutting ants {Atta cephalotes} carrying leaf sections back to nest. Trinidad, West Indies also ocurrs in South America
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
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PREMAPHOTOS / Leaf cutting ants returning to nest carrying pieces of leaf (Atta cephalotes) tropical rainforest, Costa Rica
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PREMAPHOTOS / Leafcutter ants cutting pieces of leaf. (Atta cephalotes) tropical rainforest, Costa Rica