Treehopper (family Membracidae) and ants on a plant. Ants (family Formicidae) occasionally tend Hemipteran bugs in order to milk them for liquid food.

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Treehopper (family Membracidae) and ants on a plant. Ants (family Formicidae) occasionally tend Hemipteran bugs in order to milk them for liquid food. Photographed in rainforest near Iquitos, Peru.

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