Honeydew (secretion)
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Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid that is secreted by aphids, some scale insects, many other true bugs, and some other insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloe
An aphid produces honeydew for an ant in an example of mutualistic symbiosis.
Honeydew drops on leaves
Bald-faced hornet sips honeydew from a Disholcaspis quercusmamma gall covered by sooty mold
Honeydew puddle under a tree
Scale insect
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Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is co
Honeydew (secretion)
…Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid that is secreted by aphids, some scale insects, many other true bugs, and some other insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid…
Wax Scale
Life-cycle of the apple scale, Mytilaspis pomorum. a) underside of scale showing female and eggs, x24 b) scale upperside, x24 c) female scales on twig d) male scale, x12 e) male scales on twig
Apple scale. a) male, with legs and wings b) foot of male c) larva, x20 d) antenna of larva e) immobile female (removed from scale)
A winged male Drosicha sp