White Footed Ants Herding Aphids
Aphids feed on the sap of plants and secrete a substance called honeydew. This sticky sugary resin is a favourite food of ants, who actually “milk” the aphids for it by stroking their abdomen. That is why sometimes aphids are called “ant cows”.
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''Technomyrmex albipes'', commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, previously identified as ''T. albipes'', have now been separated as ''Technomyrmex difficilis'', both forming part of a species complex with a worldwide distribution.
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Uploaded Feb 16, 2022. Captured Feb 11, 2022 13:50 in 200W-201W Great Western Hwy, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
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