Acrobat Ant (Crematogaster laeviuscula) workers tend Sugarcane Aphids (Melanaphis sacchari) for their honeydew.

---

Size: 3699px × 2467px
Location: Bob Woodruff Park, Plano, TX, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Wildlife / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: acrobat, aculeata, america, american, animal, animalia, animals, ant, ants, aphid, aphididae, aphidinae, aphidini, aphidoidea, aphids, arthropoda, arthropods, bug, bugs, close, closeup, crematogaster, crematogastrini, formicidae, formicoidea, hemiptera, hemipterans, hexapoda, hexapods, hymenoptera, insect, insecta, insects, laeviuscula, macro, melanaphis, myrmicinae, myrmicine, nature, north, plant-parasitic, relationship, rhopalosiphina, sacchari, states, sternorrhyncha, sugarcane, symbiosis, symbiotic, true, united, usa, wildlife, worker, workers