Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) feeding on the oily orange spores of a host fern The ant lives in the fern's stem, where it drags nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern, Borneo.

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) group feeding on the oily orange spores of a host fern The ants live in the fern's stem, where they gather nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Ant Plant (Hydnophytum sp) which grows plastered to tree trunks, provides (Philidris sp) ants with a home, drawing nutrients from insect parts collected and brought home by the ants, Bako Park, Sarawa...

Mark Moffett / Ant Plant (Hydnophytum sp) which grows plastered to tree trunks, provides ants (Philidris sp) with a home, drawing nutrient from insect parts collected and brought home by the ants

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) nursery thriving around slender white leaf roots of a (Dischidia major) which draw nourishment from insect parts collected by ants, Bako, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) group lives in the fern's speckled stem, where they drag nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern Orange spores provide food source for ants, Bako, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) group live in the fern's speckled stem, where they drag nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern Orange spores provide food source for ants, Bako, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Ant Plant (Hydnophytum sp) which grows plastered to tree trunks, provides ants (Philidris sp) with a home, drawing nutrient from insect parts collected and brought home by the ants, Bako National Park...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) host plant, close-up

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) group lives in the fern's speckled stem, where they drag nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern Orange spores provide food source for ants, Bako, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) host plant, close-up