Title

Ant

Caption

Ant (Azteca sp.) adults, group on Tococa (Tococa guianensis) myrmerophytic plant, ants protect plant from parasites and give to it azote of their excrements and plant gives shelter to ants inside enlarged parts of leaves called 'domatia' and some nutri

Date

Jun 08, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Emanuele Biggi

Reference

BRK22G26_029

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,1Mb (1,2Mb) / 17,7in x 11,9in / 5315 x 3558 (300dpi)

Keywords

America American Azteca Azteca (genus) Camponotus detritus Carpenter ant Dolichoderinae Hymenoptera Melastomaceae Melastomataceae Myrtales South America South American adult adult animal adult animals animal animals give giving group groups habitat hideout hiding place hiding places leaf leaves mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature out outdoor outdoors outside parasite parasites plant plants protect protecting protective several shelter wildlife photography Ant Ants Formicidae Insect Insecta Insects Magnoliopsida fauna flowering plants wildlife