Melissotarsus may be the only lineage besides humans to raise other animals for meat. Here, workers tend to domesticated scale insects inside the nest galleries.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
A winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) tends apple aphids for their honeydew.

Savoy, Illinois, USA
Melissotarsus may be the only lineage besides humans to raise other animals for meat. Here, workers tend to domesticated scale insects inside the nest galleries.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus may be the only lineage besides humans to raise other animals for meat. Here, workers tend to domesticated scale insects inside the nest galleries.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus may be the only lineage besides humans to raise other animals for meat. Here, workers tend to domesticated scale insects inside the nest galleries.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
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