A new species of ant has been discovered: females that breed without males ... uh ... no males at all!

    Mycocepurus smithii
    Working mushroom ants stand out with their crown on the body.

    A new species of ant Mycocepurus smithii, which lives in South America, is propagated by cloning - all the ants are clones of the queen. In addition, ants are fond of mushroom growing. It was the fact of mushroom ant mutualism that first attracted the attention of scientists to this species, since they became interested in how these ants managed to get to this point - to grow mushrooms.

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    These females are more interested in growing mushrooms than in sex.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org


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