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2. Fungus-growing ants - Wikipedia

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   Within 14 days, the ants are covered in the bacteria, where they are stored in crypts and cavities found in the exoskeletons. The bacteria produce small molecules that can prevent the growth of a specialized fungus garden pathogen. [33] Attine ants have very specialized diets, which seem to reduce their microbiotic diversity. [74] [75] [76] [77]

3. Ant garden - Wikipedia

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   An ant garden. An ant garden is a mutualistic interaction between certain species of arboreal ants and various epiphytic plants. It is a structure made in the tree canopy by the ants that is filled with debris and other organic matter in which epiphytes grow. The ants benefit from this arrangement by having a stable framework on which to build ...

4. Leafcutter ant - Wikipedia

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   Leafcutter ants have very specific roles in taking care of the fungal garden and dumping the refuse. Waste management is a key role for each colony's longevity. The necrotrophic parasitic fungus Escovopsis threatens the ants' food source and thus is a constant danger to the ants.

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   There are ways to keep animals out of your garden without hurting them. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

6. Myrmecia (ant) - Wikipedia

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   M. tarsata foraging on a leaf in a vegetable garden. The genus Myrmecia is among the most primitive of all known living ants, and ants of the genus are considered specialist predators. [106] [107] Unlike most ants, workers are solitary hunters, and do not lay pheromone trails; nor do they recruit others to food.

7. Sericomyrmex - Wikipedia

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   The nests of S. urichi are most often found in the grass, and can be easily recognized by their peculiar raised entrance. They are always excavated in soil rich in clay, and the cylindrical entrances raise almost 3 cm above the surface. [2] S. diego from Colombia was found to build a fungus garden about 20 cm below the surface. Workers feign ...

8. Ant–fungus mutualism - Wikipedia

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   The attine’s use of fresh garden substrate for maintaining the gardens marked the start of the obligatory symbiotic relationship. These higher attines utilize the Leucoagaricus gongylophorus fungus, specifically. [13] The symbiosis between attine ants and Leucoagaricus fungi is not purely beneficial, but obligatory. The fungal cultivar ...

9. Leucocoprinus gongylophorus - Wikipedia

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   Leucocoprinus gongylophorus is a fungus in the family Agaricaceae which is cultivated by certain leafcutter ants. [1] Like other species of fungi cultivated by ants, L. gongylophorus produces gongylidia, nutrient-rich hyphal swellings upon which the ants feed. [2] Production of mushrooms occurs only once ants abandon the nest. [3]