Leaf cutter ants

Every step you take every plave you look you find some verity of insects, spiders, flies, beetles, ants. It was am exercise in looking at everything to prevent getting bitten. Then we saw one of the species I was hoping to see during these few days - the leaf cutter ants. These ants neatly cut leaves from the trees amd then take them down into their nests. They cultivate a fungus that eats on these leaves and the ants eat the produce from the fungus.
It was a pretty cool sight watching the ants march down the path each carrying a leaf.Read more