Myrmelachista workers with brood and mealybugs inside a domatium of a Tococa plant. This ant's gaster is swollen with honeydew collected from the mealybugs. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A Tococa ant plant grows in a devil's garden. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Clidemia bush growing in a devil's garden, a monoculture caused by symbiotic Myrmelachista ants that live in the plants' domatia and kill saplings of competing species. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
