Leafcutters: A Retort

Apparently I'm hearing comments that there are no pictures of leafcutters in this here journal right here. I am truly sorry for this. Leafcutter trails are all over the place here and at times you take them for granted. You can pick the leaf pieces right up and watch the little ant hold on for dear life, like "Mine! You will die! Infidel! This is my leaf! For the good of the colony I! shall! die! before! I! give! up!"

Also of interest is that some of the leaves also have an ant riding on the the leaf, sort of hitching a ride on someone else's hard labor. Slackers? In an ant colony?

Written by Orion Smith on Jan 29, 2004 at 2:14pm

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