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.
Much like other small insects, ants defend themselves by biting their predator. They typically do not win though, being they are so small in size.
Ants don't eat aphids because they protect them and makes sure they eat.
The aphid, sometimes known as 'ant cow', produces a type of liquid which ants love. The ants, in return, protect the aphids from its predator, which is the ladybird, by feeding on them.
ants eat the aphid's poop
it dry undergroud
it's dry underground
they hide
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.
mutualism
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,
Ants that eat other ants.
no ants don't eat silicon.
to eat waffles
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.
Ants protect aphids and lady bugs want to eat them.
Ants will "milk" aphids and scale. Ants will eat worms, spiders, and other ant species.
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. This is referred to as a symbiotic relationship.
ants, aphids, and fruit flies.
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.
Aphids produce honeydew,and ants use it as a source of energy to them, and in exchange they provide protection against aphids predators.
Lady bugs will eat the aphids, but the ants protect them from harm.
Honeypot ants tending a "herd" of aphids - the ants "milk" the aphids for honeydew.
Yes, ants are and so are lady bugs because they eat aphids that are small bugs on plants