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Calomyrmex laevissimus
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

A colorful Calomyrmex ant forages along a leaf in an Australian rainforest. Notice the small mite riding on the right shoulder of this ant.  It is not uncommon to find mites on the bodies of ants and other insects.

 
Australia, QLD: Mungkan Kandju National Park
27 km NNE Coen, McIlwraith range
24.viii.2004, 13º43.652'S 143º19.769'E, 530m
Rainforest, foraging on low vegetation.
#AW2490, voucher specimen deposited at ALWC.

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.