Ants run secret farms on English oak trees

Britain has a new farmed animal, which is kept in barns, milked and moved between high and low pastures – but not by humans.

The pale giant oak aphid, Stomaphis wojciechowskii, has lived undiscovered for thousands of years on English oak trees, where it has been looked after by brown ants.

Source: Ants run secret farms on English oak trees, photographer discovers | Environment | The Guardian