The workers construct leaf nests and help rear new brood laid by the queen. The first phase in nest construction involves workers surveying potential nesting leaves by pulling on the edges with their mandibles and place them in such a direction as they choose. When a few ants have successfully bent a leaf towards itself or drawn its edge toward another, others within were employed to fasten the glue.

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