⏿ Faces of nature - Ants vs Caterpillar!

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Despite the cruelty of these images, it is worth recognizing the benefits of ants in our ecosystem.

While hunting for caterpillars, ants preserve their natural balance, thereby protecting leaf foliage from destruction by pests. The ants are pulling their prey into the anthill making stocks there.
it was a little dramatic to watch the ants bite and pull the resisting caterpillar to certain death.

The term myrmecophile is used mainly for animals that associate with ants. There are an estimated 10,000 species of ants (Formicidae), with a higher diversity in the tropics. In most terrestrial ecosystems ants are ecologically and numerically dominant, being the main invertebrate predators. As a result, ants play a key role in controlling arthropod richness, abundance, and community structure. There is evidence that the evolution of myrmecophilous interactions has contributed to the abundance and ecological success of ants, by ensuring a dependable and energy-rich food supply and thus providing a competitive advantage for ants over other invertebrate predators. Most myrmecophilous associations are opportunistic, unspecialized, and facultative (meaning both species are capable of surviving without the interaction), though obligate mutualisms (those in which one or both species are dependent on the interaction for survival) have also been observed for many species.

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Ukraine 2019

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