In exchange for protection, swollen-thorn Acacia trees provide Pseudomyrmex ants with food and shelter. Here an ant harvests a protein-rich food body that will be fed to the ants' larvae. (Pseudomyrmex spinicola) Chiriqui, Panama.

Pseudomyrmex spinicolaPseudomyrmaPseudomyrmexPseudomyrmecinaeformicidaeant plantants and plantsecologymutualismcoevolutionadaptationevolutionbeltian bodyAcaciatropical ecologyinsectsinsectswollen thorn acaciabotanyscience