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Ants feed on the wastes produced by aphids and aphids are protected by predators from the ants what kind of relationship is this?
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mutualism
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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 type of relationship is it when ants move small insects called aphids from plant to plant and the aphids are protected by the ants feed on sugary honeydew produced by the aphids?
Mutual Relationship
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 type of relationship is in this scenario?
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. What type of relationship is exampled in this scenario?
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 relationship is aphids and roses?
BAD! Aphids will kill the roses!
What veggies do ladybugs like?
They are insect predators-aphids are a staple of their diet.
What do you normally feed a ladybug?
Most ladybugs are predators and they normally feed on aphids.
Can ladybugs eat bread and survive?
No. Most ladybugs are predators- they eat aphids.
Where do plant louses or aphids come from or spread from?
Adult aphids of breeding age have wings and fly to a new food source: tender vegetation. Some ants also "tend" aphids, and will actually bring aphids to plants in order to harvest the honeydew produced by feeding aphids.
Why aphids are some times called the meadow ants cow?
Because ants treat aphids as cows - protect them from predators, graze them on plants and milk them for a sweet liquid.
Why is mutualism a good relationship between two organisms?
Because both organisms benefit in the relationship in some way. For example, Ants and aphids are usually close in a habitat. Aphids release this sugary fluid that ants like to feed on and in return the ants protect the aphids.
