Gerry Ellis / Cecropia (Cecropia sp) leaf atop lobster claw petals on tropical rainforest floor, Mexico

Doug Wechsler / Cecropia trees (Cecropia sp) subtropical cloud forest, Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Cecropia trunk (Cecropia sp) Province El Oro, Buenaventura Biological Reserve, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Azteca ants (Azteca) which live in association with the Cecropia tree, the tree has an empty trunk where the ants can nest and provides them with nectar. Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama Can...

Glenn Bartley / Spotted Tanager (Tangara punctata) group feeding on Cecropia (Cecropia sp) fruit, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata) in Cecropia (Cecropia sp) tree, Ecuador

Christian Ziegler / Cecropia (Cecropia sp) stilt roots, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Silverleaf Pumpwood (Cecropia peltata) use their energy to grow fast and spend little to defend leaves against herbivores, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) patrol at colony entrance of their host (Cecropia sp) tree, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) patrol leaves to protect their host tree (Cecropia sp), Manu, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) with food item plucked from its host tree (Cecropia sp), Manu, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) patrol on their host tree (Cecropia sp) killing intruder ant species, Costa Rica