Ant milking aphids. Worker ants (family Formicidae) collecting honeydew from aphids (family Aphidae). The ant strokes the aphids with its antennae and

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Ant milking aphids. Worker ants (family Formicidae) collecting honeydew from aphids (family Aphidae). The ant strokes the aphids with its antennae and the aphids emit drops of the sugary honeydew as nourishment for the ant. In return, the ant defends the aphids from predators.

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Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, ant, aphid, aphids, arthropod, biological, biology, entomological, entomology, fauna, formicidae, harvesting, hemiptera, honeydew, hymenoptera, insect, invertebrate, milking, nature, pest, plant, symbiont, symbionts, symbiosis, symbiotic, tending, wildlife, zoological, zoology