Melissotarsus may be the only lineage besides humans to raise other animals for meat. Here, workers tend to domesticated scale insects inside the nest galleries. Kibale Forest, Uganda

Melissotarsus weissi nest in tree bark with symbiotic diaspidid scale insects. Kibale Forest, Uganda

Odontomachus bauri. Trap-jaw ants are normally thought of as predators, but they also tend honeydew-producing insects. Gamboa, Panama