Social parasitism in ants, illustration

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Social parasitism in ants, illustration. The queen slave maker ant (Formica sanguinea, centre) will take over a colony of dusky ants (Formica fusca, smaller) and exploit the workers to tend her brood.

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Photo credit: © LIZZIE HARPER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, animal, ant, artwork, background, biological, biology, dusky, entomological, entomology, fauna, formica, fusca, illustration, insect, maker, parasitism, queen, sanguinea, slave, slave-maker, social, white, wildlife, workers, zoological, zoology