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Ant protecting Treehopper Nymphs

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This ant was watching over a batch of Treehopper nymphs (no adult in sight), even perhaps preventing predation on the nymphs by the two tiny ladybugs below them.

Habitat:

On shrubs near the river in the ravine called the Corazon del Fortin, Fortin de Las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico.

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