Southern wood ants (Formica rufa) farming aphids on a thistle stem, UK, during summer

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Size: 2787px × 4181px
Location: Oaken Wood, Chiddingfold Forest, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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