Birds, Snakes, etc: Alright #bugsky #invertsky #insectsky who can tell me what this ant is doing with these aphids? It's on a box elder tree. @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social @bunnyloveerin.bsky.social @apsciencebydan.bsky.social

Alright #bugsky #invertsky #insectsky who can tell me what this ant is doing with these aphids? It's on a box elder tree. @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social @bunnyloveerin.bsky.social @apsciencebydan.bsky.social

I think typically ants and aphids have a symbiotic relationship, where ants protect the aphids from predators and the aphids produce honeydew from excess sugars for the ants to eat

Thanks! That's what I was thinking and I knew some ants did that but I wasn't sure how widespread the behavior was.

👆 Ant cattle

they farm them sorta. It's weird. I wish they would farm native lady bugs

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