michael.negrini Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Another very interesting ant-plant (and more, there is an associated fungus) interaction, Hirtella physophora & Allomerus decemmarticulatus :
Andreas Wistuba Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Thank you Beautiful pictures! All the best Andreas
Guest Frank Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Hi Michael, great photos, but I need some help identifing what I see. So there is a brown twig with hairs (?) on one side, sometimes up, sometimes down (perhaps just camera angle?) Is the black material on the twig a carton structure from the ants? If it is a carton tunnel they are certainly more on it than in it. Why all the holes in it? Is this another of your at home ant colonies or a habitat photo? Thanks, Frank
Aurélien Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 There's some papers (not really news) about this strange interaction, which explain well it. http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050418/full/news050418-11.html http://io9.com/5907344/these-amazonian-ants-build-one-of-the-freakiest-deathtraps-in-the-animal-kingdom I was really impressed 10 years ago when I read it for the firts time ! This plant was really intricate and mysterious for me, thanks a lot for sharing these photos.
Guest Frank Posted February 21, 2014 Report Posted February 21, 2014 Thanks for the excellent links Aurelien. Another fantastic ant/plant relationship! A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in this case the words were worth much more to my understanding.
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