Brass ant
Brass ants are thumb-sized, eight-limbed virid creatures, named for their brass-coloured iridescent exoskeleton.
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Arthropods are creatures usually with an hard exoskeleton, often marine but also found on land. Most virid pests on land are actually arthropods.
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Brass ants are social animals living in burrows of fifty or so individuals. Brass ants scavenge all kinds of organic material, cutting it into manageable pieces. They don't actually consume it. Instead they cut into manageable pieces and take it to a special chamber in the burrow. There it is it broken down by a variety of fruiting spor, which is their actual food.