Wham! A parasitic phorid fly (Pseudacteon) plants her ovipositor between the abdominal sclerites of a Linepithema oblongum worker ant to lay her egg. The oviposition takes less than a second. The hapless ant will later be consumed alive by the developing fly larva. Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina
Male ants usually look little like their sisters. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Workers ants feed from the extrafloral nectary of an Inga tree. Mindo, Ecuador
