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Chicatana Leafcutter Ant
Atta mexicana
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Hairy-headed leafcutter antAtta cephalotes
Texas Leafcutter AntAtta texana
Red Harvester AntPogonomyrmex barbatus
Atta laevigata
Red Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invicta
Acromyrmex octospinosus
Desert Leaf-cutter AntAcromyrmex versicolor
Atta sexdens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 4,888 |
|---|---|
| Jalisco | 839 |
| Guanajuato | 390 |
| Nuevo Leon | 380 |
| Sinaloa | 376 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 357 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 320 |
| Queretaro de Arteaga | 308 |
| Morelos | 301 |
| Oaxaca | 292 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification
Ecological
- ColonialFrom its classification
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Ants · Formicidae |
| Genus | Atta Leaf-cutter Ants · Atta |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Chicatana Leafcutter Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.