Ammonite / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) carrying off a dead aphid and milking others for honeydew, Bristol, England, UK, July.
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Ammonite / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) milking aphids for honeydew, Bristol, England, UK, July.
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Kim Taylor / Red ant {Myrmica rubra} worker collecting honeydew from Nettle aphids {Microlophium carnosum} Surrey, England.
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Nigel Cattlin / Glasshouse mealy bug (Pseudococcus viburni) honeydew from infestation on Lemon (Citrus limon) fruit, cultivated in conservatory.
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Paul Bertner / Treehopper (Membracidae) group with mite stealing honeydew, Yotoco, Colombia
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Paul Bertner / Treehopper (Membracidae) group with mite stealing honeydew, Yotoco, Colombia
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Tony Wu / Japanese black carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus) minor workers tending to scale insects (Superfamily Coccoidea). The ant is eating honeydew secreted by the scale insects. Kanagawa, Japan.
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Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis rufipes) harvesting honeydew from Leafhopper (Cicadellidae), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Xylota segnis) species usually seen on leaves where it collects honeydew, Berkshire, England, UK, July
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Nick Upton / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) collecting honeydew from Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Chien Lee / Giant Forest Ant (Camponotus gigas) attending to Leaf-footed Bugs (Notobitus sp), providing protection in exchange for honeydew which is secreted at their abdomen, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Saba...
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Chien Lee / Giant Forest Ant (Camponotus gigas) attending to Leaf-footed Bugs (Notobitus sp), providing protection in exchange for honeydew which is secreted at their abdomen, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Saba...