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Species: Atta cephalotes
 
Breeding difficulty: Difficult
 
Castes: Yes
 
Size :
Queen: 24-26 millimeters
Workers: 3-10 millimeters
Soldiers: 10-22 millimeters
 
Type of foundation: Independent clastral
 
Harvest location: Trinidad and Tobago
 
Number of gynes: Monogyne
 
Rearing temperatures: 20-26 degrees
 
Rearing humidity: 80-90%
 
Food: Various plants
 
Hibernation: No
 
Type of nest: Leaf cutter type installation composed of different tanks
 
Adult colony size: several hundred thousand to several hundred thousand workers
 
Description: Atta cephalotes is a species of leaf-cutter ants, they live in a fungus that they feed on plants. The fungus in turn nourishes the colony.