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Ants and Their Livestock

Author
Creation Moments Inc.
Published
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Episode Link
https://traffic.libsyn.com/creationmoments/Eng_237_29_Track_29.mp3

Honeydew is one of the favorite foods of ants. There are a number of insects, including thorn bugs and aphids, who consume so much honeydew that they cannot digest it all. These insects are designed so that ants can milk them for the excess honeydew, just the way a farmer obtains milk from a cow.

  REF.: Thorn bug. Science Digest, Jan., 1985. p. 81.  Photo: Ants and Aphids by Agrinberg - CC 2.0

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