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There is no simple single answer to this question. Even a smallish leaf-cutter ant nest can be several metres across and a few metres deep, with a bit of the mound showing above ground. Also, there are dozens of species of leaf-cutter ants and some have smaller mounds than others. Leaf-cutter ants also live in a number of different places with different soil and climate, even though they all live mainly in conditions not far different from tropical rainforest, the conditions are enough to affect the nest sizes. Remember too, that figures for the largest nests do not mean that every nest you see will be about as large as that.
Still, the large nests can be very large. Some are tens of metres (say 30 metres) across and several metres deep. They could contain a fair-sized house. What is more, such a colony cannot easily make such a nest much larger, but they branch out and make smaller nests (that also can be pretty large) like satellites or "suburbs" around the main nest. We could say that such a cluster is a compound nest.
The population in one of those compound nests is about several million ants, about as large as the population of the largest human cities.
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Ants that eat fungus?
there are leafcutter ants!
Where are leafcutter ants found?
they are found in the amazon ground
Is there any information about leafcutter ants?
If you get to close to them they will eat your eyeballs.
What are Little farmers?
Leafcutter ants tending fungus "garden" - the fungus grows on the leaf material.
Where do leafcutter ants live?
Leaf cutter ants live in subterranean colonies, where they have chambers that contain their fungus gardens. They forage above ground to cut leaves to bring back to the colony to cultivate more fungus. These ants are native to Central and South America but there are some species that can be found as far North as Texas in the United States.
Are leaf cutter ants omnivores?
Fungus for larvae and sap for adults are what leafcutter ants eat.Specifically, the ants in question (Acromyrmex and Atta spp) cut and transport fresh flowers, grasses and leaves. The fresh vegetation feeds colonies in the fungal family Agaricaceae. Leafcutter ants grow antimicrobial bacteria on their backs to keep the fungi pest-free and tasty. They imbibe the sap from foliage while foraging.
Does magnetism affect an ant's navegation?
Leafcutter ants have an "inner compass" to navigate. It uses magnetic poles to find its way.
What fungus do leafcutter ants eat?
Fungus is what a colony of leafcutter ants [Attaspp, Acromyrmex spp] eat. That's why they slice out leafy chunks with their scissor-sharp jaws. The leaves are so important to growing the underground fungus that small but ferocious guard ants ride atop the leaves that the cutters bring back to the colony. A colony may have 5 million members in a 25 foot [7.62 meters] nest that's divided into hundreds of small rooms.
How big is a leaf-cutter ant in real life?
There are nearly 50 species of leafcutter ants, belonging to two genera. They are not all the same size. Furthermore, a typical colony comprises four castes of ants. From smallest to largest, they are the minims, the minors, the mediae and the majors. Soldiers are majors and the biggest can be up to 16 mm in length.
What lives in the hill?
ants/aunts
When was Texas leafcutter ant created?
Texas leafcutter ant was created in 1860.
What is the name of house of ants?
ant hill
