I am a farmer ant and I grow my own food better than you ever could

Ant carrying a green leaf on soil surface

A colony like mine can reach almost 6,500 square feet, about the size of a luxury home with five bedrooms.  The mound of fungus we farm can rise a foot high, nestled inside with thousands upon thousands of workers tending to it.  I am a farmer ant, technically known as an Attini, or fungus-grower.  I… Continue reading I am a farmer ant and I grow my own food better than you ever could