Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
Linepithema humile, the Argentine ant, tending a citrus scale insect for honeydew.  

Davis, California, USA
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile tending scale insects on an orange tree in suburban California.

Davis, California, USA
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