Yes. As their name suggests, they DO cut leaves, but when they get to the colony, they grind the leaves to a pulp and use it as a natural fertilizer for the FUNGUS that they eat.
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Leaves.
Leaves, mostly.
Caterpillars can eat picked leaves but they must be exactly the kind of leaf on which they would naturally feed. If you try to feed them the wrong kinds of leaf they will not eat them and will starve.
spinach is a plant, but we eat the leaves mainly
Most people think that Leaf-Cutter Ants eat, well, LEAVES, but, that is wrong. As their name suggests, they DO cut leaves, but when they get to the colony, they grind the leaves to a pulp and use it as a natural fertilizer for the FUNGUS that they eat.
The leaves are poisonous and should not be eaten
Leaf beetles feed on leaves of different trees and plants, including elms, willows, viburnum, and vegetable plants. Because there are over 35,000 species of leaf beetles, most species prefer a specific type of plant. There are leaf beetles that eat leaves from potato, beans, asparagus, and many other plants.
No. They take the leaf cuttings back to the mound to feed a fungus that they then eat.
Catepillars eat leaves.
all i know is that willow leaf beatles eat the leaves
Most people think that Leaf-Cutter Ants eat, well, LEAVES, but, that is wrong. As their name suggests, they DO cut leaves, but when they get to the colony, they grind the leaves to a pulp and use it as a natural fertilizer for the FUNGUS that they eat.
yes they can.becuase they eat any leaf,accept poisin leafs