ant cow
(plural: ‘ant cows‘)
ants (black) caring for the ant cows (cream colour)
a kind of insect – aphid – very small, as small as a pin-head – 0.08 inch (2 mm) to about 1 inch (25 mm); lives on (sucks) juice (sap) from plant stems; found all over the world
an ant milking an ant cow (the white spot is the honey the ants eat)
Special Features
Ants keep these ant cows in their nests for the honeydew, a kind of sweet liquid these ant cows produce (just like people keeping cows for their milk); it is a garden pest.
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