Insects and Spiders

It's obviously long been known that ants 'farm' aphids, but here's another instalment of that:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/24/ants-run-secret-farms-on-english-oak-trees-photographer-discovers

I particularly liked this:

In return for plentiful supplies of honeydew – the sugary water excreted by the aphid – the ants herd the aphids, keeping them safe in “barns” they build on tree trunks from mosses, lichens and the exoskeletons of beetles.