Formicine ants are often dependent on honeydew-producing insects. Here, Lepisiota sp. workers tend to scale insects in a South African forest. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Lepisiotaformicidaeantsantinsectsinsectsmall black antscoccidaescale insectshemipterahomopterascale insectsymbiosishoneydewecologyants tending scale