Euphorbia tenax and ant

    Euphorbia tenax and ant
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    Small pollinators also make the grade and get fed in return. Euphorbia tenax hosts a brown-tailed ant with long antennae, those flexible sensory appendages or feelers that check things out.

    No matter which body part the pollen attaches to, all or any of them will serve just fine as long as it sticks long enough for reaching the appropriate female flower component.

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