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types of ants

  • Red ant
    In ant: Food

    …number of ants, known as herder ants (Lasius niger and others), protect and carefully tend to herds of aphids, from which the ants collect honeydew (a by-product of digestion secreted by certain aphids). The honey ants (Myrmecocystus, Camponotus, and others) store honeydew in the distended abdomens of specialized workers.

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