You may notice that they are called leafcutter ants and not leaf eating ants. 😉 Leafcutter ants will bring leaf bits to underground chambers in their nest and convert the plant matter into a fungus, which is what these ants eat. Leafcutter ants specialize in growing just one kind of fungus, and they are basically farming it! Leafcutter ants make sure the fungus is at the right temperature, humidity, and good quality to consume. | Audubon Nature Institute

A colony of leafcutter ants can harvest 150 kilograms of plants a year. See how they use their flexible leg tips to delicately and efficiently process leaves. (Want to know more? Read the full article: http://scim.ag/1X9ljvb) | News from Science