Leafcutter ants (Acromyrmex crassispinus)

Acromyrmex crassispinus · Acromyrmex

Leafcutter ants (Acromyrmex crassispinus). Recorded flying from October through November. Dark brown, heavily spined body blends into soil around nest mounds. Recorded near 26 of the 306 locations Dealate tracks.

When do leafcutter ants fly?

Recorded flying from October through November. An estimate for the Acromyrmex genus in the subtropical-humid zone, not species-specific published research.

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Queen appearance

Dark brown, heavily spined body blends into soil around nest mounds.

workers move fast along foraging trails; a landed queen moves slowly and deliberately while founding a nest

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Founding care

Fully claustral: seal her in a test tube setup, somewhere dark and undisturbed. She raises the first brood on her own wing muscles and needs no food or opening until the first workers appear.

No winter diapause needed.

Diet: Leaves, grass and other vegetables

Beginner · Queen ~11 mm

Habitat

Soil · also soil mound · typical for this genus

After a flight, watch bare or grassy ground for wingless queens. Watch cleared, sunny ground for wingless queens.

Recorded near

Santa Fe, Paraná Bauru, Jaú Blumenau, Itajaí, Jaraguá do Sul, Brusque, Balneário Camboriú, Camboriú Bragança Paulista Campinas, Limeira, Sumaré, Indaiatuba, Americana, Hortolândia, Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Salto, Valinhos, Itatiba, Paulínia Caraguatatuba Chapecó Criciúma Curitiba, São José dos Pinhais, Colombo, Araucária, Fazenda Rio Grande, Campo Largo, Almirante Tamandaré, Piraquara, Pinhais Florianópolis, São José, Palhoça Francisco Beltrão Guarapari Itanhaém Itu Nova Friburgo Pelotas, Rio Grande Piracicaba, Rio Claro, Araras, Leme Porto Alegre, Canoas, Gravataí, Novo Hamburgo, Viamão, São Leopoldo, Alvorada, Cachoeirinha, Sapucaia do Sul Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Belford Roxo, Niterói, São João de Meriti, Barra da Tijuca, Petrópolis, Magé, Itaboraí, Maricá, Nilópolis, Queimados, Copacabana Santa Maria Santos, Praia Grande, São Vicente, Guarujá São José, Tubarão São José dos Campos, Jacareí São Paulo, Guarulhos, São Bernardo do Campo, Osasco, Santo André, Jundiaí, Mauá, Diadema, Carapicuíba, Grajaú, Itaquaquecetuba, Mogi das Cruzes, Suzano, Barueri, Jardim Angela, Taboão da Serra, Capao Redondo, Sapopemba, Sacomã, Embu das Artes, Jardim Sao Luis, Cotia, Cidade Ademar, Brasilandia, Itapevi, Campo Limpo, Jabaquara, Jaraguá, Itaquera, Itaim Paulista, Cidade Tiradentes, Cidade Dutra, Pirituba, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, São Caetano do Sul, Vila Andrade, Francisco Morato, Lajeado, Santana de Parnaíba, Pedreira, Itapecerica da Serra, Atibaia, São Mateus, Parelheiros, Iguatemi, Sao Rafael, Franco da Rocha, Cachoeirinha, Cangaiba, Vila Curuca, Sao Lucas, Freguesia do Ó, Cidade Lider, Vila Jacui, Rio Pequeno, Jardim Helena, Bosque Saúde, Jose Bonifacio, Vila Mariana, Butanta, Jandira, Raposo Tavares, Bairro da Penha, Ipiranga, Campo Grande, Várzea Paulista, Santana, Ribeirão Pires, Cubatão, Vila Medeiros, Ermelino Matarazzo, Guaianases, Vila Maria, Vila Prudente, Artur Alvim, Poá, Mandaqui, Vila Matilde, Cursino, Caieiras, Perdizes, Mairiporã, Itaim Bibi Serra, Vila Velha, Cariacica, Vitória Teresópolis

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