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Megalomyrmex symmetochus (attine parasite) in Trachymyrmex nest
Panama

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Uneasy relationship: a Trachymyrmex fungus-growing ant (left) encounters a Megalomyrmex that is parasitic in her nest.

 
PANAMA. Laboratory colony at the University of Texas, Austin.

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.