Fungus-Farming Ants First To Find Natural Pesticides - YAHOO!

  • Posted by admin on December 16th, 2010 filed in Ants

Leaf-cutter ants, which use leaves to raise a fungal crop to support a colony of millions, seem to have discovered farming long before humans evolved. They may also have beaten us to natural pesticides by a comfortable margin. Although it’s not possible to …

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