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Texas Leaf-Cutting Ant - Atta texana - female
Copyright © 2006 Seth Patterson

Texas Leaf-Cutting Ant - Atta texana - Female
Salineno, Starr County, Texas, USA
December 2, 2006
Marching along a sandstone bluff, these girls were busy foraging.
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Contributed by Seth Patterson on 2 December, 2006 - 8:01pm
Last updated 3 December, 2006 - 8:42am

Texas Leaf-cutter?
This looks like Atta texana, the Texas leaf-cutting ant...they're supposed to be the hairy, spiney ones and this gal sure does show an abundance of both! The specimen in the image below is missing a lot of her hairs, but is otherwise a good example of what they should look like...

… Heimchen, 3 December, 2006 - 5:06am login or register to post comments

 
Atta texana
Thank you for your help with the ID!
… Seth Patterson, 3 December, 2006 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

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