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Pheidole californica
Stebbins Reserve, Solano County, California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2003

Larvae in a laboratory nest of Pheidole californica 
consume bits of dead insects fed to them by adult ants.


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