honeydew
1
7.7
- noun
- /ˈhʌniˌdu/
:
miel de pulgón
- Since whitefly densities on leaves may reach thousands per square inch, there are plenty of chances for microscopic droplets of honeydew to fall onto open bolls of cotton fibers.
Also another massive thing is since aphids when they are eating your plant they excrete something called honeydew.
- Also another massive thing is since aphids when they are eating your plant they excrete something called honeydew.
- And there are many species of ants that live off of the excretions of the scale insects, which are politely called honeydew.
Examples
-
They feed on honeydew excreted by other insects and then lay eggs just beneath the apples' skins.
Academic text (2000) -
The honeydew produced by scale insects attracts various ants seeking a sweet treat.
-
Perhaps our young pupa ate too much honeydew.
-
In return, ants get to nosh on honeydew that the scales produce.
Academic text (2000) -
Thus, several ants protect a single butterfly larva in order to be rewarded with its honeydew.
Blog text (33) -
Such ant-aphid associations are uncommon on milkweed, perhaps because the honeydew contains cardenolides that are toxic to most ants.
Academic text (2002) -
As the mealybugs feed, they secrete a sugar-rich fluid called honeydew, which seems to meet all the nutritional requirements of the ants.
Academic text (2006) -
Many other ant species, in genera other than Acropyga, gather honeydew from insects such as mealybugs and aphids.
Academic text (2006) -
Plant physiologist Donald Hendrix at ARS' Western Cotton Research Laboratory pinpointed the basic chemistry of more than 30 complex sugars, called oligosaccharides, in whitefly honeydew.
Academic text (1997) -
Ants often gather honeydew secreted by aphids while protecting them from predators.
Antonyms
Compounds
Dark sweet spread made by bees from sticky drops on leaves with a strong rich taste
How Sticky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Honeydew comes from the simple parts honey and dew, meaning 'honey-like dew'. It names the sweet, sticky drops some insects make from plant juice, and that is why ants and bees are often attracted to it.