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The short appendages and flattened shape of Leptanilla help it to move easily through narrow spaces in the soil. Kibale forest, Uganda
A queen ant in 15 million year old Dominican amber.
Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera) on a soybean. Farmers have traditionally fought this insect by rotating corn out with soybeans every year. The insect lays its eggs in the soil, and in rotated fields the emerging young rootworms find themselves lost in a sea of inedible plants. Yet some populations adapted, flying to soy fields to lay eggs so their offspring catch next year's corn.
Anelosimus social spiders cooperate to capture a grasshopper. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
The swellings at the leaf bases of this Tococa bush are domatia. They house ants (in this case, Myrmelachista) that in turn protect the plant from herbivores and competing plant species. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Systelloderes unique-headed bug (Enicocephalidae) Urbana, Illinois, USA
The swellings at the leaf bases of this Tococa bush are domatia. They house ants (in this case, Myrmelachista) that in turn protect the plant from herbivores and competing plant species.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
The swellings at the leaf bases of this Tococa bush are domatia. They house ants (in this case, Myrmelachista) that in turn protect the plant from herbivores and competing plant species. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
The swellings at the leaf bases of this Tococa bush are domatia. They house ants (in this case, Myrmelachista) that in turn protect the plant from herbivores and competing plant species.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
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