Ant Living in a Fanged Pitcher Plant
Nepenthes bicalcarata
Location
Andulau Forest Reserve, Brunei
Date
Description
These ants are immune to the pitcher plant’s digestive liquid—they drag a grasshopper out to eat, simultaneously helping the plant by removing the large insect that would spoil in the liquid.
Photo Link
https://www.instagram.com/p/0pVb-5g2zH/
Learn More
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/130522-fanged-pitcher-plant-ant-borneo-ecology-science
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