leaf cutter
Harvesting jungle ant
A leaf cutter is an insect that cuts pieces from leaves—most commonly leaf-cutter ants and leaf-cutter bees.
Leaf-cutter ants carry leaf fragments to their underground colonies to cultivate fungus for food.
Leaf-cutter bees use the pieces to line their nests.
The term also applies to tools designed for cutting leaves or foliage.
- antSmall colonial insect
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- mandibleLower facial bone
- defoliationLoss of foliage
herbivory · garden pest · insect · worker · colony · queen · lopper · nest · shears · fungus · mutualism · symbiosis · scissors · leafblower · entomology · arthropod · tropical rainforest · insect infestation
- cookie cutter shapesgingerbread man, animal shapes
- ant colonyqueen ant, worker ant, worker ants, workers, soldiers
- insect castesqueen bee, queen ant, worker bee, worker ant, soldier ant
leaf cutterharvester ant
Ant species collecting seeds
carrion eater · scavenger · honeybee · predator · frugivore
leaf cutterpollinator
Pollen-transferring organism
decomposer · planter · grower · fertilizer · cultivator
leaf, cutter, leaves, leafy, leaflet, leafed, leafless, cut, cuts