A Pseudomyrmex spinicola worker ant harvests Beltian bodies on an Acacia tree. These bodies form the primary food source for the ants' larvae. Chiriqui, Panama

Pseudomyrmex spinicolaPseudomyrmaPseudomyrmexPseudomyrmecinaeformicidaeant plantants and plantsecologymutualismcoevolutionadaptationevolutionbeltian bodyAcaciatropical ecologyinsectsinsectswollen thorn acaciabotanyscience