The Texas Leaf-cutter Ant is the only leaf-cutting ant in the United States, creating well-worn trails through vegetation as workers carry cut leaf fragments back to massive underground fungus gardens. The fungus grown on the leaves is the sole food for larvae. Colonies can contain several million workers and underground nests may be 20 feet deep.
Best time to see a Texas Leaf-cutter Ant
The best time to see a Texas Leaf-cutter Ant is January–May, when about 64% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 6,285 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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