Sentences with phrase «with leafcutter»

Researchers working on the Ribeirão Preto campus of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that a bacterium found in the microbiota associated with leafcutter ant species Atta sexdens rubropilosa produces the so - called «trail pheromones,» i.e, the aromatic chemical compounds used by the ants to lay a trail to their nest.

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The kids run six to eight different insect hotels, hosting mason and leafcutter bees to populate their gardens and be shared with other schools.

Now, a team of roboticists has managed to emulate the cooperation strategy of leafcutter ants with computer simulations of small, four - wheeled robots.