Domatium On Whistling Thorn Acacia #2
by Gregory G. Dimijian, M.D.
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Domatium On Whistling Thorn Acacia #2
Artist
Gregory G. Dimijian, M.D.
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Photograph - Photograph
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A domatium, or hollow home, has been cut open to show the ants and larvae inside. These structures are formed on the branches of the Whistling Thorn Acacia (Acacia drepanolobium) in Aitong province of Kenya, just north of the Masai Mara Game Reserve. "Cocktail" ants, (Crematogaster sp.), which participate in mutualistic symbiosis with the trees, protect them from herbivores. (The cocked "tails" of the ants may have prompted their common name.)
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November 4th, 2014
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