Species: Atta sexdens

Breeding difficulty: Difficult

Castes : Yes
Size :
Queen: 24-26 millimeters
Workers: 3-10 millimeters
Soldiers: 10-2 millimeters

Foundation type: Independent claustrum

Harvesting area: Guyana

Number of gynes: Monogyne

Growing temperatures: 20-26 degrees

Rearing humidity: 80-90%

Food: plants

Hibernation: No

Nest type: nest for leaf cutters, with different nest and connections between them

Size of an adult colony : thousands to hundred thousands of workers 

Description: Atta sexdens is a leaf cutter ant, they live in a mushroom. They feed this mushroom with plants and the mushroom provides food for the colony. The queen is almost full black with some red, the workers are dark red.