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		<title>Step Aside for the Industrious Leafcutter Ant</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/step-aside-for-the-industrious-leafcutter-ant/" title="Step Aside for the Industrious Leafcutter Ant" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="179" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-300x179.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="leafcutter ant" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-300x179.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-800x478.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-2048x1224.jpg 2048w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/la1-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>Found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America and as far north as Mexico and the Southern United States, it&#x2019;s the leafcutter ant. These industrious ants cut through vegetation with the greatest of ease and carry back the felled leaves to their secret lair. More on that in [&#x2026;]</p>
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