Pitcher Plant with Ant (image)

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Caption

This is an N. gracilis pitcher with a visiting Polyrhachis pruinosa ant.

Credit

From: Bauer U, Di Giusto B, Skepper J, Grafe TU, Federle W (2012) With a Flick of the Lid: A Novel Trapping Mechanism in Nepenthes gracilis Pitcher Plants. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38951. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038951

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