Symbiotic Relationship

I was a little bit curious when I found these black ants wandering around on the Magnolia Campaga ornamental plant in front of my neighbor's house. My curiosity take the best of me, so I take a look of them to find out what they were actually protecting or doing. And they were mostly around these big white aphids, and also some smaller ones.

Then I realized that ants and also aphids have a symbiotic relationship. Both of them are benefiting from each other company. I knew the info from the past, but still, I could not wrap my head around that until I found these photos.

And the fact that the ants are there around the aphids kind of make all those old info make sense to me. It is quite late isn't it? but thanks to my macro photography hobbies now, I think I can learn a thing or two. hahah

so what do each of them get on this relationships?

I think it is so easy to guess what the ants could offer to the aphids. since we know how painful the ants bites can be to human, then I guess they can be a good security for the aphids against the predators as they can attack the aphids predators with they bite and also when they attack they make sure to bring a big platoon with them. : )

On the other hand, the apids have to pay some fee fo the guarding service the ants give them. And they would offer sweet substances that they secrete for the ants to eat. Although the way aphids produce it a little bit weird for us, but a food source is still a food that can keep the ants belly full.

Another interesting way of Nature works isn't it?

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