Something else resembles the relationship between ants and aphids

It turns out that aphids feed on plant nutrients, and their excrement, honeydew, is a sweet and delicious food for ants. Ants protect aphids, and aphids reward them with honeydew, a phenomenon known in biology as a "symbiotic phenomenon". The droplet-like droppings of aphids became desserts and coffee in the bars of the Ant Kingdom.

In order to get more desserts, ants raise large flocks of aphids like humans keep sheep in captivity. After the leaves have been eaten by the aphids, the ants move the wingless and slow-moving aphids to another tender tree. If there is an invasion of the ladybug, the natural enemy of the aphid, the ants will fight to drive them away.

Therefore, some people say that ants are excellent herders in the insect world.

With these puzzling questions, I read the relevant information and realized that the aphids excreted aphid honey, aphid honey is very sweet, ants love to eat it, and aphids happen to be the natural enemies of the seven-star ladybug, and the ants help the aphid drive away the seven-star ladybug in order to keep the nectar source. Yes! It was an unforgettable afternoon, and through careful observation and reflection, I finally revealed the secret.

Aphids and ants are in a symbiotic relationship.

Ants like to feed on aphids, and the tail hairs at the end of the abdomen secrete sugar-containing sap, so ants often protect aphids, drive away or even kill ladybugs that eat aphids, and sometimes when aphids lack food, they will move aphids to places where there is food, just like we raise cattle and sheep.

In a symbiotic relationship, the aphids gnaw at the ant family, the ants feed the aphid family, and also eat the secretions of the aphids.

It doesn't have to be all ants. I don't have ants at home, and I always see some small flying insects flying around, probably the adults of aphids looking for a place to lay eggs, and then from time to time you can see a lot of small aphids on young leaves and flower buds.

If there are aphids, there are not necessarily ants, but if there are ants, there will be aphid overflow, and they will help the aphids move ......

The one in this sofa must be a pillar worm, not a horse ant, and a horse ant will not be in the sofa.

Ants, red ants are a general term for many ants with a red body color, and do not refer specifically to a specific species.

Red ants are very good at fighting, but they are very lazy, they are not willing to look for food, they are not willing to raise children, even if the food is next to them, they will not eat, and their food, clothing, shelter and transportation have to be done for them by servants. In order to achieve their goal, they go to rob their neighbors of different species of ants, such as black ants, snatch other people's pupae and transport them back to their nests. Soon after, the snatched chrysalis molted and became an active servant in the house.

When the hot June and July came, the red ants set off from their homes, and the whole team was more than 5 meters long, blindly searching for the target - black ants. As soon as the target was found, the leading ants stopped, and the other ants also strode after them, and after confirming that the situation was true, they all rushed into the house of the black ants, and after a fight, the victory went to the red ants, who bit the chrysalis with their big jaws and hurried back home.

First of all, it is necessary to cut off the possibility of red ants entering the home at the source. This requires residents to treat or clean home decoration materials before home decoration to avoid bringing ants indoors.

Because the most attractive thing for ants in the home is sweet and greasy food, so it is necessary to put away the food in time, properly keep the food in the kitchen and pantry, and cover and preserve honey so that red ants have no chance to take advantage of it. In addition, it is necessary to keep the room clean and hygienic, plugging various gaps and holes in the room to prevent ants from entering the room to nest and reproduce.

Secondly, the chemical control of household ants mainly relies on poison bait trapping. Commonly used poison bait is cockroach extermination, ant poison bait, etc. When putting it, we should grasp the principle of more points and less quantity, and use the carrying capacity of worker ants to bring the medicine into the nest and feed it to the same kind that cannot come out to feed, and achieve the purpose of elimination through chain reaction.

When trapping, first put a pile of poison bait every 1 meter in the kitchen, storage room and other places where the ant infestation is serious, with two grams per pile, and pay attention to moisture. After 3 days, check the situation of the poison bait being moved and eat, and pay attention to appropriate supplementation. Generally, it can kill after 10 days.

When using chemical methods, do not use aerosol insecticides or sprays indoors to avoid spreading the population and aggravating the ant infestation. Be sure to destroy the roots.