Ant drinking nectar. Tropical ant drinking nectar from an extrafloral nectary at the base of a leaf. Extrafloral nectaries are nectar-secreting plant

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Ant drinking nectar. Tropical ant drinking nectar from an extrafloral nectary at the base of a leaf. Extrafloral nectaries are nectar-secreting plant glands that develop outside of flowers and are not involved in pollination. Photographed in Yasuni National Park, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

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