<p>
 This is an up-close look at what I believe is an “aphaenogaster” red leaf cutter ant.
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  <img alt='Aphaenogaster "Leaf cutter" Ant ' class="size-medium wp-image-10690 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="10690" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"13","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 50D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1244330912","copyright":"","focal_length":"65","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="aphaenogaster “red leaf cutter” ant" data-recalc-dims="1" height="124" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_10691/aphaenogaster2.jpg" width="300"/>
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  Aphaenogaster “Leaf cutter” Ant
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  <img alt='Torso of a red "leaf cutter" ant showing the legs/joints' class="size-medium wp-image-10688 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="10688" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1443278425","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="Body of an ant" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_10691/IMG_4779.jpg" width="300"/>
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  Torso of a red “leaf cutter” ant showing the legs/joints
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  <img alt="Ant Leg" class="wp-image-10695 size-medium gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="10695" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1443278771","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0037174721189591","title":"","orientation":"3"}' data-image-title="Ant leg" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_10691/IMG_4812.jpg" width="300"/>
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  Ant Leg
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<p>
 Ant Leg with hooks/spikes so it can climb vertical walls.
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Aphaenogaster “Red Leaf Cutter” Ant Analysis

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