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| Image # | cld06080903 |
| Species | Camponotus schmitzii |
| Locality | Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Description | This small ant lives is associated only with the pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata. It makes its nests in the hollow tendrils and is able to retreive captured prey from the pitcher fluid. |
| Keywords | ant | bicalcarata | borneo | carnivorous | formicidae | insectivorous | myrmecophyte | myrmecophytic | nepenthaceae | nepenthes | pitcher | plant | symbiotic | tendril | |
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