Ants and Aphids: Mutualism, and Some Photos

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Has anyone ever observed the ant-aphid mutualism, where ants "farm" aphids for their "honeydew"? I've seen it year after year in my garden, but I never photographed it until recently.

I recently took a picture of ants tending aphids on a camellia and then I wrote a post about this relationship on my tea blog.