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SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > Lasius (Acanthomyops) californicus citronella ants with their underground "cattle": mealybugs that produce honeydew. Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants. This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region. Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama. Isla Contadora, Panama
SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > Formicine ants are often dependent on honeydew-producing insects. Here, Lepisiota sp. workers tend to scale insects in a South African forest. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > Lasius (Acanthomyops) arizonicus citronella ant tending to a mealybug. The common name of these distinctive orange ants derives from the sweet citronella odor they release when disturbed. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > Camponotus rosariensis ant tending scale insects for honeydew. Notice that the younger scale insects have legs. These first instar scale are more mobile than the older instars, which settle down once they find a good spot for feeding. Frías, Santiago de Estero, Argentina
SmugMug > keywords > honeydew > H is for Honeydew Melon This one won out because the lighting is probably stronger than the other. But I was really undecided between the two! The lighting was done with one light shining from behind and across the top of the bite, and another light shining from the side and across the bottom to light it below. Increasing contrast meant that the black card it was resting on (to the right, since I actually rotated it in the frame by about 45 degrees), was not noticeable...
Lasius (Acanthomyops) californicus citronella ants with their underground "cattle": mealybugs that produce honeydew.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
> Lasius (Acanthomyops) californicus citronella ants with their underground "cattle": mealybugs that produce honeydew. Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Lasius (Acanthomyops) californicus citronella ants with their underground "cattle": mealybugs that produce honeydew.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
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