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A colorful stink bug nymph (Pentatomidae) on a banana trunk. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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
The adult form of this treehopper (bottom left) mimics the abdomen of the Cephalotes atratus ants that tend it for honeydew. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
The adult form of this treehopper (bottom left) mimics the abdomen of the Cephalotes atratus ants that tend it for honeydew. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
First and second instar ground pearls, Eurhizococcus, on a cassava tuber. Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
A scale insect tended by Crematogaster ants. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
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