Pheidole minor workers tend scale insects for honeydew. Entebbe, Uganda
Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects. Kibale forest, Uganda
An oak scale insect releases a droplet of sweet honeydew, excess sugars from its diet of tree sap, which is lapped up by some attendant acrobat ants. Austin, Texas, USA.