Planococcus citri, the citrus mealybug, is an important sap-feeding pest insect in tropical climates worldwide.
A Lasius (Acanthomyops) arizonicus citronella ant tends to a mealybug in an underground nest.

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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