# @sandiegozoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CncYT4fhr5t
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34248868-sandiegozoo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3e67d5e3c1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-01-15T17:01:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) — https://gondola.cc/sandiegozoo

## Caption

These insects are brilli-ant 🐜

What exactly do these mini mighty movers do with all of those leaf pieces? They plant them! Leafcutter ants eat a very special kind of fungus that they grow in specific sections of their underground nests. The fungus needs decaying plant material to grow, so down those leaf bits go! 🍃

#LeafcutterAnt #Ants #Insect #SanDiegoZoo

## Stats

- **Views:** 41,441
- **Likes:** 3,819
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 25

## Tags

ants, insect, leafcutterant, sandiegozoo

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