Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Pheidole minor workers tend scale insects for honeydew.

Entebbe, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Pheidole minor workers tend scale insects for honeydew.

Entebbe, Uganda
Dolichoderine ants are high-energy insects. The Azteca ants that rule tropical rainforest canopies, for example, get many of their carbohydrates from relationships with honeydew-producing scale insects.

Jatun Sacha, Napo, Ecuador
A Linepithema iniquum worker collects honeydew from a flat scale insect.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A Linepithema iniquum worker collects honeydew from a flat scale insect.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda
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