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Leaf Cutter Ants
Title: Leaf Cutter Ants
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 6046 | Pages: 25.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Leaf Cutter Ants
Leaf-cutting Ants
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One of the most little known species of ants in North America is the leaf-cutter ant. This is mainly because it lives in tropical environments and it is not aggressive to animals or humans if not disturbed. The leaf cutting ant is a social insect. Alone the ant is virtually helpless but with the colony it can be a thing feared by animal and human alike. The leaf-cutting ants have a very …showed first 75 words of 6046 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 6046 total…from moving on their paths due to the abundance of water on top of the soil. This may be important in regulating colony size. The average area of a leaf fragment carried by individual ants was determined to be 0.79 cm square and with an average weight of 5.51 mg. The scientists discovered that fragment area and weight was determined by the type of plant harvested. Succulent leaves (which are normally thick) were cut into small pieces (
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