Acropyga acutiventris Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Symbioses

Images of animals that cooperate or live with ants to the benefit of both.

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Acropyga goeldii ants are so dependent on their mealybug associates that young queens must carry a bug with them on their dispersal flights to successfully start a new colony.

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A nearly blind Acropyga goeldii worker ant tends to root-feeding mealybugs in an underground chamber. The ants depend on their hemipteran "cattle" for food, while the mealybugs are kept safe from predators and carried to new roots by their ant guards.

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Acropyga goeldii worker & alate queen. Workers are nearly blind, but queens have eyes to help navigate during their brief flight to start a new colony.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Acropyga acutiventris

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia

Acropyga acutiventris

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia

Acropyga acutiventris

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia

Acropyga acutiventris

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia

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Keywords: ants insect insects aphids hymenoptera ecology symbiosis formicidae mutualism formicinae acropyga

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