Leafcutter Ant
Atta cephalotes
- Uncommon
- IUCN LC · Least Concern
- Insect
- South America
About the Leafcutter Ant
Known to science as Atta cephalotes, the Leafcutter Ant is an insect found in South America. It makes its home in rainforests.
It weighs around 0.01 g and has a lifespan of about 6 months. It moves slowly, with a top speed of just 0.2 km/h. Estimates put its population at about 10 billion individuals.
In conservation terms it is listed as Least Concern (LC), the IUCN category for species that are widespread or abundant and not currently considered at risk of extinction. In Animal Gacha, its card has Uncommon rarity. Rarity is a game value informed by conservation status, not an IUCN category. Uncommon cards turn up less often than Common ones.
Field data
- Scientific name
- Atta cephalotes
- Group
- Insect
- Region
- South America
- Habitats
- Rainforest
- IUCN status
- Least Concern (LC)
- Game rarity
- Uncommon
- Weight
- 0.01 g
- Lifespan
- 6 months
- Top speed
- 0.2 km/h
- Estimated population
- 10 billion
Rarity is a game value informed by conservation status. It is not an IUCN category.
Wildlife data is a general reference and may vary between sources. Animal Gacha is not affiliated with IUCN.
Image credit
- Creator
- Pjt56
- Changes
- Cropped and/or resized to 400 x 400 pixels and converted to WebP.
Find the Leafcutter Ant in Animal Gacha
Open packs, add it to your collection and take it into battle on iOS and Android.