Atta capiguara

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Author(s): Shannon Hartman
Source: AntWiki
Atta capiguara (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Shannon Hartman
Source: AntWiki

Atta capiguara (Gonçalves, 1944) - (brown leaf-cutting ant)

The ant damages sugarcane and grasses in South America. It forages during the day in the wet season, but during the night in the dry season.

Vernacular names
• English: brown leaf-cutting ant
grass-cutting ant
• Português: saúva-parda