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Atta texana (Texas leafcutting ant)

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Atta texana cutting citrus tree leaves. Notice how ant is beginning to drag the cut section over the main part of the leaf.

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Dr. Patricia Jones (photographer, copyright holder), Animal Diversity Web


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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology National Science Foundation Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed September 08, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DUE-0633095 and DRL-0628151.
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