Wattle Tick Scale Insects, Cryptes baccatus, with ants eating honeydew. Feeding female scale insects produce below for more information

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Wattle Tick Scale Insects, Cryptes baccatus, with ants eating the honeydew. Feeding femalescale insects produce Honeydew which many species of ants are attracted to, and in turn it disrupts the activity of natural enemies to the scale. Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
Photo credit: © cbstockfoto / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ant, ants, australia, australian, baccatus, buchanan, carol, coccidae, coccoidea, coffs, cryptes, eating, harbour, honeydew, insect, insects, nsw, scale, south, tick, wales, wattle