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leafcutter_action.pic00039

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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Identification: Atta texana
Contributors: Patricia Jones, Animal Diversity Web
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Subjects: Subject Live Animal; Type Photo; Life Stages and Gender adult/sexually mature; Anatomy female; Behaviors feeding behaviors

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Photo by Patricia Jones. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

To cite this page: Jones, P. 2013. "leafcutter_action.pic00039.jpg" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed {%B %d, %Y} at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/tricia_jones/leafcutter_action.pic00039/

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