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

Working mushroom ants are distinguished by their crown on the body.

A new species of ant, Mycocepurus smithii, which lives in South America, breeds by cloning - all the ants are queen clones. In addition, ants are fond of mushrooming. It was the fact of fungal mutualism that first attracted the attention of scientists to this species, since it became interesting to them how did these ants manage to get to that point - grow mushrooms.


These females are more interested in growing mushrooms than in sex.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org

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