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Leaf-cutter ants pick up the pace when they sense rain

Author: Yao Hua Law / Source: Science News

leaf-cutter ants
STAY DRY When the rain starts falling in Central America’s tropical forests, leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) hurry back to their nests — with or without their leafy cargo, which gets heftier when wet.

In Central America’s rain-drenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food.

But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants sense an incoming shower, they hoof it back to their nests, says a study in the May Insectes Sociaux.

Researchers from Argentina, Mexico and Peru tested how one species of leaf-cutting ants,…

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