Weaver Ants (Oecophylla sp) guarding white Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae Family) on Cocoa pod (Theobroma cacao), symbiotic relationship between ant and mealybugs where ant provides protection from enemies and cleans colony and in return ants receive honey dew from the mealybugs feeding on the cocoa, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

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Shooting date : 2016-01-28

Keywords

Area / Naturalness / Natural area

Flora / Malvales order / Sterculiaceae family / Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

Species / Relation between species / Mutualism

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Insect / Homoptere / Scale insect (Coccoidea sp) / Mealybug

January

Shot / Top view

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Insect / Hymenoptere / Ant / Weaver ant (oecophylla sp)

Enumeration / Group / Multitude / Colony

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (botany) / Pod (offshoot)

Asia / Far East / South East Asia / Insulinde / Indonesia / Sunda Islands / Bali

Shot / Overview

Shot / Close-up

Species / Relation between species / Symbiosis

Species / Relation between species / Commensalism

Enumeration / Group / Numerous

Enumeration / Group

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Archaeplastida / Chlorobionta / Embryophyta / Tracheophyta / Spermatophyta / Phanerogamae / Angiospermae / Dicotyledoneae / Malvales / Sterculiaceae / Theobroma

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Hymenoptera / Aculeata / Vespoidea / Formicidae / Oecophylla

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Hemipteroidea / Homoptera / Sternorrhyncha / Coccoidea / Pseudococcidae

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