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 | | Before leaving their parent colonies, female alates take a small section of fungus into their buchal pouches and it is with this that the subsequently deälated queens 'seed' the fungus gardens of incipient colonies, cutting and collecting the first few sections of leaf themselves. |
| | Atta Fabricius, 1805 is a genus of new world ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. |
| | Atta exhibits a high degree of polymorphism, five castes being present in esablished colonies - minims (or 'garden ants'), minors, mediae and majors (also called
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| | Formicidae: Atta colombica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
| | Atta colombica can be locally abundant in Costa Rica but does not have the ubiquity of A. |
| | Atta colombica has conspicuous refuse dumps on the surface, where spent fungus substrate is deposited. |
| | The spelling of the name as "columbica" in Bolton's catalog is an error (Bolton, pers. |
| www.evergreen.edu /ants/genera/atta/species/colombica/colombica.html (184 words) |
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| | Captive management of Atta spp. |
| | Atta naturally utilizes a wide variety of fungal substrate, but prefers introduced or agricultural cultivars over native plants, new leaves and flowers over mature leaves, and plant material with a relatively high water content. |
| | Atta workers are adept climbers, and the slippery barrier works best if the surface is wiped clean and the oil reapplied at weekly intervals. |
| | WEBER, N.A. (1976): A ten-year laboratory colony of Atta cephalotes. |
| www.sasionline.org /antsfiles/pages/atta/attacaptivity.html (2650 words) |
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| | Atta - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
| | For other uses of the word Atta see |
| | Commonly known as "Leaf-cutter ants" they comprise one of the two genera of |
| | Atta exhibits a high degree of polymorphism, five castes being present in esablished colonies - |
| www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /default.asp?t=Atta (360 words) |
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