#leafcutters — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #leafcutters, aggregated by home.social.
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"Leaf-cutter nests can be both vast and intricate, decked out with multiple chambers and turrets. Yet these astonishing structures emerge without blueprints or plans; there’s no mastermind who oversees nest construction. “They don’t have architects,” Cosarinsky says. “They don’t have a hierarchy to tell them what to do.”"
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/crazy-nests-leaf-cutter-ants-build
#Ants #LeafCutters #Nature #Environment #BIology #Architecture
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Bonus cute photo of a queen and her minima worker. I love how the caption implies that the scientist could not separate them! 💗🐜 #ants #atta #queenant #leafcutters #antposting #antqueen
