PHOTO: Leaf-cutter ants unlike feared European fire ants

This leaf-cutter ant was photographed working on a log at Sullivan Park. Jennifer Grenz

PHOTO: Leaf-cutter ants unlike feared European fire ants

A leaf-cutter ant was spotted working on a log at Sullivan Park in Surrey

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