Texas leafcutter ant
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 Atta texana harvesting from a Catalpa tree.
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| Atta texana Buckley, 1860 |
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The Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, is a fungus-farming ant species chiefly found in Texas and Louisiana in the U.S.. It can also be found in a few northeastern states of Mexico. Other common names for the species include night ant and cut ant. [1] It harvests leaves from over 200 types of plants and is considered a major pest to the state's agricultural interests, as it can defoliate a citrus tree in less than 24 hours
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