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An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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
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
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. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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