This is really a method of milking
The plant louse gives off a sweetish fluid of which some ants are very fond. You may often see the ants stroking these lice to induce them to give off a freer flow of the "honey dew." This is really a method of milking. However friendly and useful these "cows" may be to the ant, they are enemies to man in destroying so many of his plants.
Fig. 166. A Cheap Spraying Outfit
Source: Agriculture for Beginners
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