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Exhibition Iziko South African Museum

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

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Resourceful harvesters, Anoplolepis steingroeveri ants carrying a fynbos seed (Mimetes cuculatus) back to their nest where they will feed on the fat rich fleshy body attached to the end of the seed. The seed itself is left uneaten and protected underground from predation.

Photograph © Hamish Robertson


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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