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A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.

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macro photo of a dull red, leggy ant with sharp spines along its back struggling with a much larger multi-flowered plant bud in its mandibles, held over its back, against a pure black background.
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