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The aphids secret How is an aphid like a cow?
certain species of ants use aphids similar to how humans use cows: they lead them to graze and collect a liquid discharge the aphids excrete from their abdomen. ants also protect aphids from harm similarly to how humans keep their livestock safe from harm.
What is another word for aphids?
ant cows
Keep cows for the nectar they give?
Cows don't give nectar, they give milk. Cows are mammals, not plants or flowers. However, there is a particular insect that farms another insect for its nectar, and these would be ants farming aphids and milking them like humans milk cows. Once the aphids are done producing, the ants eat them, also just like what humans do with cows when they cannot produce milk anymore.
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.
What insects keep cows for the nectar they give?
An intimate, symbiotic relationship exists between antsand aphids. They are often compared to cattle, with the ants acting as protectors and ranchers. What aphids have that ants want is something called honeydew, a sweet substance that is excreted by aphids through their anus and contains surplus sugar from the aphid's diet. Ants protect aphid eggs during the winter, and carry the newly hatched aphids to new host plants, where the aphids feed on the leaves and the ants get a supply of honeydew.Ants use aphids for their nectar-like secretions .
What is the purpose of an ant cow?
Ant cows are aphids that produce a sugary substance called honeydew that ants feed on. Ants "milk" the aphids by stroking them with their antennae to encourage the release of honeydew. In exchange, the ants protect the aphids from predators and move them to new food sources.
Do ladybugs eat your pants?
No. They like aphids.
What are afraid of aphids?
Aphids, as tiny insects, probably don't feel emotions such as fear. If they did, they would certainly be terrified of ladybugs, which consume aphids like candy. The aphids themselves are vegetarians, sucking the juices out of roses and other flowers.
Do ladybugs eat leaves on Earth?
Ladybugs actuallly eat other bugs, such as mites, and aphids.
What does the landwater and features like in Chile?
cows cows cows
What happens if a ladybug eats grass?
like i know they eat aphids, but do they also eat grass? aphids AND grass?? someone please answer.
Do cows like being cows?
Of course.
