Ants and aphids
Some species of ants farm aphids, protecting them on the plants where they are feeding, and consuming the honeydew the aphids release from the terminations of their alimentary canals. This is a mutualistic relationship, with these…
Ant-mimicking Orthoptera: Crickets, grasshoppers etc.
Batesian mimicry Young instars of some Orthoptera, such as the bush cricket Macroxiphus sumatranus, have an “uncanny resemblance” to ants, extending to their black coloration, remarkably perfect antlike shape, and convincingly antlike behaviour. Their long…









