3.6. A fossilized worker ant of Pseudomyrmex oryctus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber from the Oligocene or Miocene.


A fossilized worker ant of Pseudomyrmex oryctus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber from the Oligocene or Miocene.


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Overwintering monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from Mill Valley in California, USA.
Overwintering monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from Mill Valley in California, USA.
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A diversity of flies (Diptera), including calliphorids, are attracted to the odor of this Australian phalloid fungus, Anthurus archeri, which produces a foul-smelling slime containing spores that are consumed by the flies and distributed after passing through the insects’ guts.
A diversity of flies (Diptera), including calliphorids, are attracted to the odor of this Australian phalloid fungus, Anthurus archeri, which produces a foul-smelling slime containing spores that are consumed by the flies and distributed after passing through the insects’ guts.

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