Western thatching ant ant, Formica obscuripes, collecting a drop of honeydew from an aphid. Ants protect aphids and collect the honeydew that the aphi

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Western thatching ant ant, Formica obscuripes, collecting a drop of honeydew from an aphid. Ants protect aphids and collect the honeydew that the aphids produce in a mutualistic relationship

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Size: 3930px × 2947px
Location: Ladner, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © Ernest Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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