Why do leaf cutter ant grow fungus?
Leaf cutter ant use leaves as their fertilizer to grow their crop: fungus.

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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Bees

Family
Ants

Genus
Leaf-cutter ants

Species
Leaf cutter ant (Atta cephalotes)