Leafcutter Ants

Submitted by tom proctor on 14 October, 2006 - 08:20.
Leafcutter Ants

live in colonies of up to 1 million. They do not eat the leaves. They take it back to the nest and let it grow a fungus that they eat. I found these guys tearing up a giant flower pod.

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Communists!!!!!

Submitted by dodgese on 24 October, 2006 - 11:49.

juuuuust kidding. Ants are a collective. Another word I could use to describe them is a commune. :)hence...communists. HA!