Ants are complex and fascinating creatures that have been around since the dinosaurs. But because of their tiny size, it's easy to overlook the enormous role they play in nature.

A leaf-cutter ant. Leaf-cutter ants harvest leaves, chop them into nutritious pulp, feed the pulp to nourish their cultivated crops of fungus, and harvest the fungus to feed themselves.

A: Leaf-cutting ants are often difficult to manage.Although plants can be protected temporarily using insecticides, they need to be reapplied frequently, and these chemicals kill other insects ...

The leaf cutter ant (Atta rodona) is a fungus-growing ant that inhabits tropical regions like Manu. Groups of these ants are often seen at night dismantling area vegetation leaf by leaf. During a ...

In leaf-cutter ants, this coating is made of thousands of tiny, plate-like crystals that harden their exoskeleton. This “armor” helps prevent the insects from losing limbs in battles with ...

To Costa Ricans, the leaf-cutter ant can be one of the biggest pests to cause severe agricultural decay in parts of the country. To tourists, a trail of the hard-working red insects can appear as a ...

The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took Manhattan In January, the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing.

Leaf-cutter ants struggle to carry wet leaves, so they run to avoid rain. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today Every print subscription comes with full digital access.

Like fire ants, these creatures are imported from Central and South America and have no natural enemies in our area. This very comprehensive site from Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Leaf Cutting ...

First, two lilies disappeared from the garden. Then, a crape myrtle tree was stripped overnight. Tina Ramirez's house in the Harper's Landing neighborhood of The Woodlands was under attack. Every ...

Leaf-cutting ants snip fragments that are perfect for transport, so how do they gauge the size? Researchers from the University of Würzburg, Germany, publish in Journal of Experimental Biology ...

Since leaf cutter ants in the U.S. are limited to Texas, Arizona, and parts of California and Louisiana, the market for cut ant control products in the United States is limited.