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SmugMug > keywords > ecology > Inside the brood nest, an Odontomachus brunneus trap-jaw ant larva feeds on the remains of a termite.  Unlike adult ants, larvae can consume solid food.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
SmugMug > keywords > ecology > A dog and his boys play in a tidal pool at Ho'okipa Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii. (cropped)
SmugMug > keywords > ecology > Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata.  Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites.

Wisconsin, USA
SmugMug > keywords > ecology > These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow.

Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
SmugMug > keywords > ecology > Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA.

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SmugMug > keywords > ecology > Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids.  Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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SmugMug > keywords > ecology > Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case.  Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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SmugMug > keywords > ecology > A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp.

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Hawaii 2009 photo
Photo by: Trever Miller • see photo in gallery

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