Myrmica lonae tending for the Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) - an endangered obligately myrmecophilous social parasite of ants.

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Location: Saaremaa, Eesti
Photo credit: © MV / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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