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No, aphids do not eat ants.
Specifically, aphids are herbivorous insects that therefore feed on plants. While feeding, aphids secrete honeydew, which is a favorite of the kinds of ants whose diet is sugar based. In return, ants actually are known to defend aphids against such beneficial predatory insects as ladybugs.
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∙ 8y agoLife-sustaining fluids such as cytoplasm and sap represent what non-winged aphids eat. The food source stays the same regardless of whether the aphids in question are winged or wingless since the juvenile (nymph) and mature (adult) stages both have piercing, sipping, stylet-controlled mouthparts. Non-winged aphids will feed off the leaves and shoots of the trees upon which they hatch from the egg stage of their life cycles and natural histories.
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∙ 13y agoa few types of ladybugs, hoverfly larva, some wasps, and a few birds are a few things that can eat an aphid
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∙ 13y agoants do not eat aphids, but they eat the honeydew that aphids secrete.
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Why don't ants eat aphids?
Ants protect aphids by killing other organism that may eat the aphids. Often the ants will decapitate organisms and then take them back to their nest and consume them there. The aphids in return give the ants a sweet, viscous honey like substance made from the sap in the phloem tubes of the plant that contains sucrose. This is done by the ants 'milking' the aphids by rubbing the aphids nape just above the abdomen.
Ants and aphids often live near each other. The ants feed on the wastes produced by the aphids and the aphids are protected from predators by the presence of the ants. What type of relationship is thi?
mutualism
What kind of relationship is between ants and aphids?
Aphids are predatory insects that suck the life out of the rose plants.I think aphids are not predators.In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked).Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation always results in the death of its prey and the eventual absorption of the prey`s tissue through consumptionAphids, also known as plant lice are small plant-eating insects,
What is cannibal ants?
Ants that eat other ants.
Do ants eat silicone?
no ants don't eat silicon.
How do ants use aphids?
to eat waffles
Can ants eat ladybugs?
Ants will not bother a ladybug unless it is eating the aphids on your plants. Ants will protect aphids from any preditor because of the secretions the aphids produce. Ants will gain up on a large ladybug, any lady bug and bring it down.
What do ants protect that lady bugs eat?
Ants protect aphids and lady bugs want to eat them.
Why don't ants eat aphids?
Ants protect aphids by killing other organism that may eat the aphids. Often the ants will decapitate organisms and then take them back to their nest and consume them there. The aphids in return give the ants a sweet, viscous honey like substance made from the sap in the phloem tubes of the plant that contains sucrose. This is done by the ants 'milking' the aphids by rubbing the aphids nape just above the abdomen.
What insects are ants' prey?
Ants will "milk" aphids and scale. Ants will eat worms, spiders, and other ant species.
Can aphids eat birds?
No. Aphids drink plant sap as their only food. The main insects that eat dead animals are maggots and ants.
Ants move small insects called aphids from plant to plant The aphids are protected by the ants while the ants feed on sugary honeydew produced by the aphids?
Ants move small insects called aphids from plant to plant. The aphids are protected by the ants while the ants feed on sugary honeydew produced by the aphids. This is referred to as a symbiotic relationship.
What do baby frogs most likely eat?
ants, aphids, and fruit flies.
How do ants and aphids help each other?
Aphids produce honeydew,and ants use it as a source of energy to them, and in exchange they provide protection against aphids predators.
What kind of bug will eat an aphid bug?
Lady bugs will eat the aphids, but the ants protect them from harm.
What are Little ranchers?
Honeypot ants tending a "herd" of aphids - the ants "milk" the aphids for honeydew.
Are ants and lady bird's carnivore's?
Yes, ants are and so are lady bugs because they eat aphids that are small bugs on plants
