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.
A symbiotic relationship is one in which both parties rely on one another for mutual benefit. In the Pixar film, "A Bug's Life" ants and grasshoppers share this symbiotic relationship. The grasshoppers serve as protectors to the much smaller but more numerous ants and the ants collect food for themselves and the grasshoppers. This specific relationship is also known as feudalism.
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.
Some examples of symbiotic relationships in a coniferous forest include mycorrhizal fungi and conifer roots, where the fungi help the tree absorb nutrients, and lichens formed from a mutualistic relationship between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. Another example is the relationship between certain species of ants and aphids that feed on conifer sap, where the ants protect the aphids in exchange for honeydew.
Parasitism
the relationship is mutualism the ants milk the aphids for a sugary liquid and will chew off and chemically retard the development of aphid wings to keep them nearby
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.
mutualism
competitive
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 .
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.
mutualism
Mutual Relationship