Post #2272734
2025-11-08 13:23 UTC
A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
#Ants #Insects #Atta #nature #leafcutterants
Replies (7)
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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2025-11-08 13:23
@alexwild@mastodon.online She's doing such a good job!
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@Virginicus@universeodon.com 2025-11-08 13:26
@alexwild@mastodon.online Queen: “I said leaves, dummy!”
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@lemgandi@mastodon.social 2025-11-08 13:39
@alexwild@mastodon.online Leafcutters are terrifying. Some of their underground nests are so big you need a backhoe to excavate them.
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@bewilderbeast23@mastodon.social 2025-11-08 14:09
@alexwild@mastodon.online Hnnh! Bringing home the broccoli!
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@jkenton@mastodon.social 2025-11-09 00:12
@alexwild@mastodon.online some cherry or prune tree's harvest has been diminished!
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@hendric@astronomy.city 2025-11-09 04:47
@alexwild@mastodon.online Love checking out their mounds and trails when we visit Bastrop State Park.
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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange 2025-11-09 23:05
@alexwild@mastodon.online leafcutter, my ass. that guy is hauling an entire tree lol!