The ant milks the caterpillar because it needs food for the ant colony. The ant also does this to help the caterpillar.
Ants, lady bugs, roly poly, caterpillar
I think wasps, prayingmantas, spiders and sometimes if a caterpillar's pupa is clumsy then the ants eat it.
Do not help the caterpillar, the caterpillar will realize the cacoon is open so the caterpillar will go out of the cacoon and form another if it can so leave your caterpillar alone.
Yes, a tree frog can and will eat a caterpillar. They will also eat snails and ants.
Because a caterpillar is the first stage of a butterflies life!! xx Gymnast27
Help I have ants at my well pump
Yes, ants help aerate the soil and clean up the forest floor. They also help with pollination.
It is a mutualistic relationship if both organisms benefit, commensalism if one benefits and the other gets nothing, and parasitic if one benefits and the other is harmed.
I haven't had a problem with ants but there are wasps that lay their eggs in the caterpillars. The wasp larva eat their way out, killing the monarch caterpillar. I frequently have this problem with the caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies.
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Ant nests allow air to get into the soil.Some ants eat harmful insects.Plant eating ants help the environment by consuming unwanted plants.Ants enrich the soil when they process their food.They can help recycle decomposing materials.Some ants help in the spreading of seeds.