Ants farm Aphids on a blooming trumpet vine, Campis radicans, in Oklahoma, USA

---

Ants are farming aphids for their sweet nectar on a trumpet vine,Campis species of ants farm aphids, protecting them on the plants they eat, eating the honeydew the aphids release from the terminations of their alimentary canals. This is a mutualistic relationship. These dairying ants milk the aphids by stroking them with their antennae. Oklahoma, USA

---

Size: 2612px × 3264px
Location: Oklahoma, US, USA, United States,
Photo credit: © B LaRue / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -itch, ant, ants, aphid, aphids, bignoniaceae, bloom, blooms, blossom, blossoms, campsis, climber, climbing, creeper, creepers, damaging, day, daytime, farming, flower, flowering, flowers, honeydew, hummingbird, infestation, insect, insects, larue, oklahoma, outdoors, ovate, radicans, ruining, states, trumpet, united, usa, vertical, vine, vines, vining