Chilamate Trip Overview
Surrounded of natural plants and frogs is the LeafCutter Ants Colony for 1 hour enjoying:
– Colony Leaf-Cutter Ants
– Caste system in ants society
– Fungus made by ants
– Beautiful and unique Ant Queen
-Eco natural compost
– Frogs Natural Habitat
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Duration: 1 hour
Starts: Chilamate, Costa Rica
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Surrounded of natural plants and frogs is the LeafCutter Ants Colony for 1 hour enjoying:
– Colony Leaf-Cutter Ants
– Caste system in ants society
– Fungus made by ants
– Beautiful and unique Ant Queen
-Eco natural compost
– Frogs Natural Habitat
With convenient facilities with roof, allowing us to enjoy a very different and unique way of the wonderful process of these insects.
It can appreciate closely how the leaf-cutter ants cut the leaves with their jaws and move to the colony. During the tour, there is the opportuny to see how they grow fungus and surprisingly to see the real queen, normally in few cases almost impossible to see in the wildlife but with our system and colony is possible to see it. It´s very imprtant to mention the caste divisions and functions of these important insects.
During one hour of learning about the society and model of the ants, their long way of transportation of the leaves, the importance of the queen and more, this amazing crossing through the life ants will marvelous to anyone.
At Operation Center Aguas bravas in Chilamate, Sarapiquí, it find the Zompopas Ants Colony, between 9 am to 4 pm.
