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How to Draw a Leafcutter Ant
Draw a leafcutter ant in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the head.
Step 1: The head
Just left of centre, draw a small sideways egg head. Leave room on the left for a big leaf.
Tip A leafcutter ant carries a piece of leaf much bigger than itself.
Step 2: Two big eyes
In the middle of the head, draw 2 big egg eyes an eye apart, with a black dot in each.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes, draw a wide smile: a flat line with a U under it. Add 2 round cheeks.
Step 4: Bent feelers
Start on top of the head. Draw 2 feelers bent like elbows, leaning back, each stopping at a ball.
Step 5: Middle bead and waist
Behind the head, draw a round ball for the middle of the ant. Behind that, draw a tiny ball waist.
Tip An ant is 3 beads in a row, with a tiny waist between.
Step 6: The big bottom bead
Behind the waist, draw a big sideways egg for the bottom, bigger than the head, with a curved line across.
Step 7: Two little jaws
On the front of the head, draw 2 tiny pointed jaws poking out left, one above the other.
Step 8: A huge leaf piece
From the jaws, draw a big leaf leaning up and forward, taller than the ant, with 3 bite notches.
Tip The leaf is the biggest thing here: leafcutter ants are tiny but strong.
Step 9: Leaf vein
Start at the top jaw. Draw one long curved vein up the middle of the leaf, stopping before the top.
Step 10: Legs and ground
From the middle bead, draw 3 legs bent at a knee, ending in ball feet. Draw the ground under them.
Tip Only 3 of the 6 legs show from the side.
Step 11: Cheeks and mouth
Go over your lines. Colour the cheeks pink and the mouth red. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Orange ant
Colour the head, jaws, beads, legs, feet and feeler balls orange, around the eyes, cheeks and mouth.
Step 13: Green leaf
Colour the big leaf green, around the top jaw.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a leafcutter ant, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
