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Messor pergandei seed-harvester ant.

Palm Desert, California, USA

Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Prenolepis imparis gathering nectar.

Champaign, Illinois, USA

An Aedes triseriatus eastern treehole mosquito takes a blood meal.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Some plants have come to rely so heavily on ants to spread their seeds about that they offer the insects a tasty treat in exchange for the dispersal service. Seeds of these species bear a lipid-filled structure called an elaiosome, whose sole function appears to be the attraction of ants.

Here, Aphaenogaster disperse bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) seeds.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Male (right) and female ox beetles (Strategus sp.), showing the strong dimorphism between the sexes. Males use their impressive horns to fight each other over access to females.

Arizona, USA

An Eciton hamatum army ant soldier takes a bite of the offending photographer.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

A mating swarm of Acromyrmex versicolor leafcutter ants takes flight over the Sonoran Desert.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Messor pergandei seed-harvester ant.

Palm Desert, California, USA

Messor pergandei seed-harvester ant.

Palm Desert, California, USA

Messor pergandei seed-harvester ant.

Palm Desert, California, USA

Canon EOS 7D |

More details: exif |

Original size: 4720x3261 |

Current: 800x553 |

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