adult female carpenter ant interacting with an ensign scale insect

animal animalia ant ants arthropoda biology black bug dolichoderinae dolichoderini dolichoderus bispinosus entomology fauna formicidae green hymenoptera insect insects invertebrate leaf odorous plant wild wildlife worker agriculture arthropod aurantioideae coccidae coccoidea dicotyledons ensign scale scales hemiptera insecta limonia mealybug organic ortheziidae parasite pest praelongorthezia praelonga white adult female carpenter interacting species