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Ants are pretty much famous for farming the aphids, protecting them from harm and drumming them with their antennae to obtain honeydew. But I´ve also seen it in parasitoid wasps that would just as easily lay an egg inside their bodies afterwards to let their larva develop. Double benefit I guess!
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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 are Little ranchers?
Honeypot ants tending a "herd" of aphids - the ants "milk" the aphids for honeydew.
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 insects produce honeydew?
Honeydew is produced by aphids and related insects who suck the sap out of resinous trees. Most of the sap passes through their bodies and crystalises on the plant. Bees are very attracted to this honeydew and the honey they make from what is actually the excrement of the aphids is popular in some circles.
Do farmers like aphids?
No, because aphids can ruin a field or lawn. They dine on food and garden crops. They secrete honeydew, which can turn into sooty mold on plant leaves. The honeydew attracts ants, and the mold is unattractive.
Why are the bees dying after eating aphids from trees?
Firstly, bees don't eat aphids: they are strictly vegetarian and eat nectar, pollen and honeydew, and it is the honeydew that is the problem here. Aphids feed on plant sap by puncturing the leaves with their mouth parts. Sap is mainly water so they need a lot of sap to get all the nutrients they require, and they excrete the surplus as honeydew. This is what the bees feed on. Unfortunately certain trees, such as lime, have narcotic or toxic chemicals in their sap which don't affect the aphids but when concentrated in the honeydew will stupefy or kill the bees.
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
What symbiotic relationship is between aphids and ants?
The ants squeeze the aphids to extract a sweet tasting liquid and in return, that ants protect the aphids. I do not believe the foregoing statement. I wonder whether the person who wrote it has ever seen anything of the kind happening. I have seen ants eating aphids, cutting them up and carrying them away, and I have seen ants stroking aphids with their antennae, which seemed to stimulate the aphids into giving up honeydew. However, I may have misinterpreted that stroking; possibly touching the aphid with the antenna was just to see whether there was any honeydew to pick up, and the aphid might have been about to produce honeydew anyway. In any case, there certainly is a symbiotic (more precisely, mutualistic) relationship between many kinds of ants and many kinds of aphids. Generally speaking it takes the form of ants protecting aphids and removing their (unwanted) honeydew for their own purposes.
What are the adaptations of aphids?
Reactions that are intended to guarantee survival of the individual and of the species can be offered as a definition of the adaptations of aphids. They may be behavioral, as epitomized by bribing predatory ants with honeydew or jumping off plants to escape predatory ants, or chemical, as evidenced by emitting alarm signals through odors of damaged parts or by secreting pheromones. T.A. Novgorodova of the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology in the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences offers a comparison, from June 21, 2001, of ant-friendly aphids that save honeydew for ants in exchange for bodyguard protection with ant-hostile aphids that toss honeydew as it is produced to confuse predators as to exact colony whereabouts.
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.
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?
What is scientific name of honeydew?
The scientific name of honeydew is "saccharose exudate," which refers to the sugary substance secreted by aphids and some other insects as they feed on plant sap.
