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193-29/©Patrick Landmann/Lightmediation/Wonder of terrestrial <strong>biodiversity</strong> / 193-29: Stegaspis fronditia,<br />
female on a flower. / South America / Neotropical forest<br />
193-31/©Patrick Landmann/Lightmediation/Wonder of terrestrial <strong>biodiversity</strong> / 193-31: Stegaspis fronditia<br />
female. The excrements are rejected in form of small sweetened droplets, the honeydew. This very sticking<br />
liquid is difficult to eliminate mechanically regarding the sedentary and the quasi-immobility of those<br />
193-30/©Patrick Landmann/Lightmediation/Wonder of terrestrial <strong>biodiversity</strong> / 193-30: Stegaspis fronditia,<br />
female with an ant Dolichoderus bispinosus. Mutualistic associations are very complex and multifactorial.<br />
Mutualism are found between the two species only if the benefit is important for each one: for example,<br />
193-32/©Patrick Landmann/Lightmediation/Wonder of terrestrial <strong>biodiversity</strong> / 193-32: Stictopelta squarus.<br />
looks like the buds of the host plant amazingly. / South America / Neotropical forest
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