Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A Camponotus rufipes worker tends treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The adult form of this treehopper (bottom left) mimics the abdomen of the Cephalotes atratus ants that tend it for honeydew.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
The adult form of this treehopper (bottom left) mimics the abdomen of the Cephalotes atratus ants that tend it for honeydew.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
A Nylanderia worker tends to a scale insect for honeydew.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A Camponotus rufipes worker tends treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes worker ants tending treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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