Bright yellow Beltian bodies- named after the naturalist Thomas Belt who discovered them- grow from the tips of an Acacia leaf. These bodies feed the hungry larvae of the Pseudomyrmex ants that inhabit the Acacia tree. Chiriqui, Panama
Alex Wild surveys a Devil's Garden of Tococa plants. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Clidemia bush growing in an Amazonian devil's garden. The garden is caused by symbiotic Myrmelachista ants that inject formic acid into the saplings of competing plants, killing them. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
