A black garden ant tending for its mutualist partner, caterpillar of the silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus).

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Size: 4752px × 3168px
Location: Saaremaa, Eesti
Photo credit: © MV / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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