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it could be the smallest recycler. Eats leafs,fruits,flowers,and tubers. Live in central and south America, also lives in the rainforest.
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What is the relationship between the phorid fly and the leaf cutter ant?
Food source and pest protection describe the respective ways that leaf cutter ants and fungi benefit from their relationship. The relationship gets called mutualism because the interaction does no harm to either party. Leaf cutter ants inoculate leaves with fungi before colony meals and supply bacteria from their skins to protect the fungi from lethal pests.
Based on this picture which observation can be made about leaf-cutter ants?
they have the ability to transport leaves they can carry objects larger than themselves
How do leaf cutting ants carry the leaf?
The Same Way They Cut Them With Their Large Pinchers They Hold It Above there Heads...Able To Make A Human Bleed... Though Different Cutter Ants Have Different Jobs...
How many ants are in a leaf cutter ant colony?
How many thousands or millions of ants are in a colony depends on at least 3 separate things: how old the colony is, how many other ant colonies there are in that part of the jungle or forest, sharing the available food supply, and how many ant-eaters - or other predators of ants - live in that location!
How long do black ants live for?
There are about 47 different species of leaf cutter ants discovered so far. Their life expectancy would differ depending on their exact species, other than environmental dangers such as predators.The average lifespan of a worker leaf cutter is about one or two years. The lifespan of the queen however is fifteen to twenty years.Related Link:Leaf-Cutting Ant information, via Cincinnati ZooRelated Video:
Can leaf cutter ants camouflage themselves?
dig
What color is leaf cutter ant?
The leaf cutter ants are a red or brownish color
Do leaf cutter ants have backbones?
No.
Where can you buy leaf cutter ants?
There are quite a few places where you can buy leaf cutter ants. The best place to find them is on the internet.
Why are leaf-cutter ant also known as parasol ants?
After cutting out pieces of leaves, the ants carry them away holding the pieces over themselves, almost as if the leaf fragments are parasols, protecting the ants from the sunlight.
Why do Leaf cutter ants eat fungus?
Because the ants need to eat
What do leaf cutter ants look like?
happy
How do ants protect trees from leaf eaters?
the leaf eaters are afraid of the ants, so the leaf eaters can only eat when the ants are off the leaves. This is how ants protect the trees from the leaf eaters.
How do leaf cutter ants have their young?
Just like other ants queen, they have their young with their queen and leaf as food or barricade
What is a decomposer in Madagascar?
i think it is mushrooms and leaf cutter ants
Why are leaf cutter ants are known as parasol ants?
The ants carry the section of leaf they are bringing back to their home over their head like a parasol.
What kind of an ant lives in the jungle?
Leaf-Cutter Ants are in the Panamanian Jungles
