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Ant and Membracid

Ectatomma ruidum

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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Description:

Ectatomma ant nursing a Membracid tree hopper

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Comments (2)
Juan DiTrani
Hi Karen, you can read some information of the Ant-Membracids relationship here http://books.google.com.pa/books?id=DEMpUZSvT1cC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=ant-membracid&source=bl&ots=jpyNRiDr7Q&sig=cyuaKj1XCjaQxqD4mWI-fcAy9u4&hl=es&sa=X&ei=4fsET7qsFsKctwfKv9nQBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ant-membracid&f=false
KarenL
Really interesting! Juan, please can you provide some more info on the relationship as I can only find scientific studies online & nothing in layman's terms!

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