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Texas leafcutter ant

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can form massive super colonies with upwards of 10,000,000 total ants in the colony. Because of the massive super colonies that they can form, they have been known to cause issues in the local environment and have been a troubling pest for humans living nearby these super colonies.
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and males fly at night. Their foraging type is Mass Recruitment (MR). The Mass Recruitment foraging type consists of many ants all going out into one big group and searching for food.
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has three pairs of spines. The ant has a narrow waist and is rusty brown in color. It should also be mentioned: Its closely related cousin,
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Workers measure 4 to 14 mm (0.16 to 0.55 in) in length, and are highly polymorphic. The back of the
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and up to 2 million workers. Nests are built in well-drained,
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may have multiple queens (Often 2). This makes the species
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from over 200 plant species, and is considered a major
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Atta texana

catalpa
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Myrmicinae
Atta
Binomial name
Buckley
fungus
ant
Myrmicinae
Texas
Louisiana
common names
leaves
pest
agricultural
ornamental plants
citrus
colony
queens
sandy
loamy

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