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Insects and spiders (+ some other critters) close up
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  • Alate greenbug  just exiting the old exoskeleton.  The wings are highly folded at this point and are opaque white.  Within minutes the wings were expanded, translucent, and folded A-shape over the back of the aphid.
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  • Ants tending aphids on the bud of an eggplant.  The ants feed on the sweet honeydew secreted by the aphids and the aphids are protected by the ants from parasitoids and predators.
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  • "In the gall, the excreted honeydew is coated with aphid-derived powdery wax to form “honeydew balls,” which prevents the aphids from wetting and drowning with their own excretion.... The gall inner surface absorbs and removes the liquid waste through the plant vascular system".  <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664026/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664026/</a>
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