hormiga culona 10
CULONA ANT Atta laevigatta, hymenoptera of the family of formicids. It is one of the most common leafcutter ants. They are named for possessing a large, smooth, shiny head and a butt that is also large. They have an impressive ability to constitute themselves as a superorgan, associate to think and act as a single individual, particularly when they are mature and more experienced and engaged in leaf cutting. They build anthills up to 5 meters deep and cover large areas spanning square kilometers. When the queen ant, larger than the rest (up to 2, 5 cm), mates with an alpha male who has half the genes does so in a nuptial flight, and can give rise to a new anthill in its eagerness to maintain and expand the species. Ant colonies are a potent force that forages and moves as a single animal. They are so connected that they behave like an autonomous being; a super organism, which specializes in performing specific tasks. .