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ny100823175507 The leafcutter ant colony at the Solomon Family Insectarium, where visitors can observe the ants cutting and transporting pieces of foliage, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Aug. 8, 2023. Since a new wing opened in May, almost 1.5 million people have visited the museum, and most are thought to have explored the four floors of the Gilder Center that are open to the public. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny100823175807 Leafcutter ants in their enclosure at the Solomon Family Insectarium, where visitors can observe the ants cutting and transporting pieces of foliage, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Aug. 8, 2023. Leafcutter ants have specialized roles and those that carry the leaf fragments are called majors. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny241223163806 FILE -- Leaf-cutter ants at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, April 18, 2023. In January, the American Museum of Natural History?s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny241223162506 FILE -- Leaf-cutter ants at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, April 18, 2023. In January, the American Museum of Natural History?s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny240423124506 A leafcutter ant carries a flower petal inside an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, April 18, 2023. The museum had to scramble to help a half-million ants feel at home. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny241223164206 FILE -- The leaf-cutter ant exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, April 18, 2023. In January, the American Museum of Natural History?s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny240423125507 Leafcutter ants in the exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, April 18, 2023. The museum had to scramble to help a half-million ants feel at home. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny241223163307 FILE -- The installation of a leaf-cutter ant exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. In January, the American Museum of Natural History?s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

955_24_55046374 Central Amerlican leafcutter ants (Atta sp.), worker ants carrying leaf pieces along branch

955_24_35003137 Atta ants carrying leaves back to nest.

ibxgab09620330 Leafcutter ants carrying part of a leaf, Serra da Canastra Mountains, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, South America

ibxgab09620331 Leafcutter ants carrying part of a leaf, Serra da Canastra Mountains, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, South America

ibljre00761570 Leaf-cutting Ants or Leafcutters (Atta cephalotes) consuming a leaf, Belize, Central America

iblovi01244251 Leafcutter ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus), Nicaragua, Central America

iblflp02155463 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp.), two adults, cutting segments out of leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

iblflp01430486 Leaf-cutting Ant (Atta cephalotes), carrying leaf across tree trunk

iblson04257618 Leafcutter ant, (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, group, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257563 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257544 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257557 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257652 Leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, group, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257552 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257538 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257676 Leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, group, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257539 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257537 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

iblson04257561 Leafcutter ant (Atta sexdens) transporting cut leaf, found in Central America and South America, captive

00790277 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) workers carrying leaf segments, Brazil

00790276 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) worker carrying leaf segment, Brazil

00790275 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) worker carrying leaf segment, Brazil

00790274 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) worker carrying leaf segment, Brazil

00785418 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair dissecting leaf into fragments to be carried back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785417 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair dissecting leaf into fragments to be carried back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785416 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) trio dissecting leaf into fragments to be carried back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785410 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785317 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Amacayacu National Park, Colombia

00785316 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela

00785315 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group dissecting leaf into fragments to be carried back to nest, Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela

00785314 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group dissecting leaf into fragments to be carried back to nest, Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela

00785313 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785312 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785311 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00785310 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves back to nest, Manu National Park, Peru

00770454 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying flower to nest

00770254 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying flower to nest to cultivate fungus garden, Venezuela

00760102 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) worker carrying freshly cut leaf fragment, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00760101 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) two workers tending to larva in fungus garden, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00760015 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) shadow of ants carrying leaves seen through leaf, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00751151 Leafcutter Ant (Trachymyrmex sp) carrying leaf

00751058 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) workers carrying flower petals back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00750630 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) with their jaws full, ants carrying leaves must rely on others for defense against attack, a smaller ants ride on the leaf driving away attackers, Salto Morato Reserve, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

00562452 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00562451 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) pair carrying leaves, Costa Rica

00551081 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaves, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00551080 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying twig, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00551079 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) pair carrying leaves, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00551011 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaf, Pucallpa, Peru

00551010 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaf, Pucallpa, Peru

00551009 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) pair carrying leaves, Peru

00551008 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaf, Pucallpa, Peru

00550995 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaves, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00550980 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) column carrying flowers on trail, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00550979 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) column carrying pink flowers on trail, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00550967 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying flower, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

00550919 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group cutting leaf, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean

00536562 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers with leaves, Belize

00536561 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying a leaf, Belize

00518472 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaf and another individual, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00510991 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group workers carrying leaf sections with tiny workers called minims riding on leaf, possibly to protect from parasitic flies, rainforest, Costa Rica

00510975 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group workers carrying leaf segments, note minim riding on leaf as protection against parasitic flies, rainforest, Costa Rica

00499204 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica

00499185 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica

00499046 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying section of leaf to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica

00481485 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) group carrying leaves to nest, Costa Rica

00480452 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf with guard protecting worker, Costa Rica

00480451 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00480450 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00480449 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00480448 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00480447 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) pair carrying leaves, Costa Rica

00480446 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaves, Costa Rica

00480445 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00480444 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Costa Rica

00478982 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) queen, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00478981 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) queen, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00478941 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00478940 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00478939 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00478938 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

00476960 Phorid Fly (Phoridae) laying eggs on leafcutter ant head, the developing larva will eventually decapitate the ant, Costa Rica

00476955 Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex sp) carrying worker covered with spores of antibiotic bacteria that help the ants control the growth of parasitic fungi within their fungal gardens, Guyana

00476944 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker on leaf protecting larger workers carrying leaf from parasitoid flies, Costa Rica

00463038 Fungus Gardening Ant (Cyphomyrmex sp) carrying fungus, Belize

00462319 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) workers carrying little pieces of leaves back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00462318 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) workers cutting little pieces out of leaves, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00462317 Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) worker cutting little piece out of leaf, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

00456480 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying leaf, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

00456479 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group carrying leaf, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

00455722 Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaf, native to Central America

00454333 Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) winged female in atlantic rainforest, Brazil