"Some species of ants "farm" aphids, protecting them on the plant they eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids secrete"
I gathered petals from a dying rosebush and these tiny creatures were resting inside the flowers from which I picked.
Then I researched aphids because I pondered how these tiny bugs could've found this plant, how they mated, how they lived through winter...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphids
aliciakay:
interesting and icky all at the same time
