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A spiky, tasty treat

By awild on February 7, 2009.

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Formica francoeuri tending larvae of the copper butterfly, Lycaena xanthoides. Southern California

photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D

ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/13, flash diffused through tracing paper

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ants
caterpillar
ecology
insects
Lepidoptera

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