Ants (family Formicidae) collecting nectar from extrafloral nectaries at the base of flower buds emerging from a tree trunk. Photographed in Yasuni Na

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Ants (family Formicidae) collecting nectar from extrafloral nectaries at the base of flower buds emerging from a tree trunk. Photographed in Yasuni National Park, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

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Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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