Ant “farmers” and Hemipteran “cattle”

By On March 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Ants and Aphids, originally uploaded by furryscaly.

A neat photograph of some species of Citronella Ant (Acanthomyops sp.) “farming” Aphids or Mealybugs (both Hemipterans).

The hemipteran insects feed on the roots of plants and exude a sugary substance called honeydew that the ants then feed on.

 
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