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alexwild > Thaumatomyrmex atrox - The Miracle Ant, Venezuela. filename: atrox9
alexwild > Dinoponera australis - Misiones, Argentina. filename: australis2
alexwild > Portrait of a mutualism: a swollen-thorn Acacia with the ants that protect it. The hundreds of thorns on a mature tree can house colonies of up to 20,000 ants. filename: spinicola14
alexwild > In exchange for protection, swollen-thorn Acacia trees provide Pseudomyrmex ants with food and shelter. Here an ant harvests a protein-rich food body that will be fed to the ants' larvae. Panama. filename: spinicola13
alexwild > Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ants guarding a nest entrance. This species has a painful sting and a much more aggressive temperment than most other Pseudomyrmex, an effective deterrent to large vertebrate herbivores. Panama. filename: spinocola10
alexwild > Cutting open the surprisingly soft flesh of an Acacia thorn reveals larvae and pupae of the Pseudomyrmex acacia ant. Panama. filename: spinicola18
alexwild > Friend or Foe? Two Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ant nestmates evaluate each other at the nest entrance. Panama. filename: spinicola22
alexwild > A Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ant pauses outside the nest entrance. The ants cut a circular entrance hole to gain access to the inside of the hollow thorn. Panama. filename: spinicola16
alexwild > A Cecropia tree grows into a gap in the Panamanian rainforest. These fast-growing trees house colonies of fierce Azteca ants that protect the tree from herbivores. filename: Cecropia1
Thaumatomyrmex atrox - The Miracle Ant, Venezuela.

filename: atrox9
alexwild > Thaumatomyrmex atrox - The Miracle Ant, Venezuela. filename: atrox9
Thaumatomyrmex atrox - The Miracle Ant, Venezuela.

filename: atrox9
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