Figures 11.9


An ant of  Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) carrying a seed of  Dillwynia juniperina (Fabaceae) by its elaiosome (seed appendage).
Figures 11.9. An ant of Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) carrying a seed of Dillwynia juniperina (Fabaceae) by its elaiosome (seed appendage).
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  A male hawkmoth of Xanthopan morgani praedicta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) feeding from the long floral spur of a Malagasy star orchid, Angraecum sesquipedale:
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  Two myrmecophytes showing the domatia (hollow chambers) that house ants and the food resources available to the ants: