A Technomyrmex difficilis worker tends an aphid for honeydew.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A worker ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) tending aphids.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A worker ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) tending aphids.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A Technomyrmex difficilis worker tends an aphid for honeydew.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Formica subsericea tending aphids for honeydew.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
An alate aphid with her newborns on the underside of a pipevine leaf.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The larva of a lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) makes short work of milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) tends apple aphids for their honeydew.

Savoy, Illinois, USA
Formica subsericea field ant tending aphids on a milkweed leaf.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Formica subsericea tending aphids for honeydew.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Formica subsericea tending aphids for honeydew.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Formica subsericea tending aphids for honeydew.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
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