Pheidole minor workers gather nectar from an Inga leaf. The plant uses the nectary to attract ants that clean the plant of herbivores. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
The Inga tree attracts Crematogaster limata acrobat ants by providing nectar in cups along their leaves. It is thought that ants benefit the plant by removing herbivores. Cayó District, Belize.
Ants tending the extrafloral nectary of an Inga tree. Many plants provide nectar to ants in exchange for protection from herbivores. Gamboa, Panama
