/oss/taxonomy/term/3847/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/did-you-know-leafcutter-ants-are-farmers-who-grow-fungi <p>Leafcutter ants can strip as much as <a href="https://currielab.wisc.edu/research.php?area=Symbiosis+in+Grass-cutting+Ants">17%</a> of the leaf biomass from plants in their ecosystem and can <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafcutter_ant">clear </a>entire trees in under a day. Next to ours, leafcutter ant society is the most complex society on earth. They build nests that can contain thousands of rooms and cover up to 0.5 km<sup>2</sup>, a feat that is necessary since a mature colony can contain more than eight million individuals.</p> Fri, 03 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000 ada McVean B.Sc. 7742 at /oss