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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Ingo Arndt / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying section of leaf to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas leafcutter ant (Atta texana) workers carrying leaves during rain, New Braunfels, Central Texas, USA. Highly honoured, Small world Spectacular Category, Natures Best competition 2012.
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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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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) female worker ants carry pieces of fern leaves to nest, reflected in water, Costa Rica, December. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competit...
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Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6
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Mark Bowler / Line of Leaf-cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves, digital composite
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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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Kim Taylor / Leaf-cutting bee {Megachile sp) female bringing leaf section to nest amongst roots of cactus.
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Kim Taylor / Leaf-cutting bee {Megachile sp) female carrying section of rose leaf UK.
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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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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group workers carrying leaf segments, note minim riding on leaf as protection against parasitic flies, rainforest, Costa Rica
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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 bee cutting piece off rose leaf (Megachile willughbiella) UK
PREMAPHOTOS / Leafcutter ants cutting pieces of leaf. (Atta cephalotes) tropical rainforest, Costa Rica
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PREMAPHOTOS / Leafcutter ant cutting off a piece of leaf. (Atta cephalotes) Costa Rica
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Solvin Zankl / Leafcutter ant {Atta sp} carrying leaf fragment to nest. Ants are champion weightlifters, capable of lifting 50 times their body weight (the equivalent of a human heaving 50 people). They would win a...
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly (Phoridae...
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Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter Ant (Attini sp) carrying leaf piece back to nest with smaller ant riding on leaf, small ant defends larger worker from parasitic flies, Honduras
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting Papaya leaf, Honduras
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting Papaya leaf, Guadaloupe
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting papaya leaf, Guadeloupe, Caribbean
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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 sp) group group carrying leaves back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) camera setup used to photograph bees flying towards insect box in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) flying with cut leaf section to seal breeding cell in insect box in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) flying with cut leaf section to seal breeding cell in insect box in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) flying toward insect box in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) sealed holes in insect box on garden shed which indicate occupation by bee, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) sealed holes in insect box on garden shed which indicate occupation by bee, Hertfordshire, UK, August
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Ingo Arndt / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica
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Ingo Arndt / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica
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Martin Dohrn / Leaf-cutter ant (Atta sp) soldier close up, Costa Rica
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Martin Dohrn / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) tending fungus garden with leaves as growth medium, Costa Rica
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Andy Sands / Circular cutout on leaf which the Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) uses for nesting material. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Circular cutout on leaf which the Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) uses for nesting material. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) male resting on plant stem. Hertfordshire, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) male resting on leaf. Hertfordshire, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) flying back to nest in bamboo cane with pollen. London, England, UK, July.
Andy Sands / Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile willugbiella) collecting nectar from wild sweet pea flower. Hertfordshire, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile versicolor) flying back to nest in bamboo tube laden with pollen. London, England, UK, July.
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Hiroya Minakuchi / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaves to nest, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf with guard protecting worker, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair carrying leaves, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) queen, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica
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Christian Ziegler / Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) workers cutting little pieces out of leaves, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
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Andy Sands / Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis) looking out from bamboo cane nest site. London, England, June.
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Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex sp) carrying worker covered with spores of antibiotic bacteria that help the ants control the growth of parasitic fungi within their fungal gardens, Guyana
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) eating fallen fruit. Tayrona National Natural Park, municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia.
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) taking cut leaves back to their nest for their fungus gardens. Tayrona National Natural Park, municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia.
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ZSSD / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaf, native to Central America
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Nick Upton / Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.) feeding on Slender Thistle / Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) flower. Zadar province, Croatia, July.
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Nick Upton / Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.) feeding on Slender Thistle / Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) flower. Zadar province, Croatia, July.
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Luciano Candisani / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) winged female in atlantic rainforest, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) winged female in atlantic rainforest, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp), Cerrado ecosystem, Emas National Park, Brazil
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Murray Cooper / Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves, Amazon, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaves, Amazon, Ecuador
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Stephen Dalton / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) carrying flower to nest, controlled conditions, from South America
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Stephen Dalton / Leafcutter / Parasol ant (Atta sp.) carrying flower to nest to cultivate fungus garden, Venezuela
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Luciano Candisani / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) worker carrying leaf segment, Atlantic Forest, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Alan Watson / Three Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves on buttress of a Higueron tree (Ficus sp.) in lowland tropical rainforest, Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia
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Claudio Contreras / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) cutting leaf, Kohunlich, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, December
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Albert Lleal / Leafcutter Ant (Trachymyrmex sp) in tropical rainforest carrying leaf, Sierra Nevada National Park, Venezuela
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Stephen Dalton / Leafcutter ant (Atta) carrying leaf along barbed wire, Costa Rica
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Stephen Dalton / Leafcutter ant (Atta) carrying leaf along barbed wire, Costa Rica
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Stephen Dalton / Leafcutter ant (Atta) carrying leaf along barbed wire, Costa Rica
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Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group carrying leaves, Kavac, Venezuela
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Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group carrying leaves, Kavac, Venezuela
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Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) group cutting lead, Kavac, Venezuela
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Chien Lee / Leafcutter Ant (Atta laevigata) cutting leaf, Kavac, Venezuela
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Mark Bowler / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf along branch, Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru
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Mark Bowler / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf along branch, Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru
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Mark Bowler / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaf along branch, Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru
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Claudio Contreras / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Dzibilchaltun National Park, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, November
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Mark Bowler / Leaf-cutter ant (Atta sp) cutting a leaf, Pacaya-Samiria NR, Peru
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Mark Bowler / Leafcutter ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf with another ant on it
