蚂蚁与蚜虫的互利关系,很早就为人们所注视。我国明朝杜镐记载:“夏时新叶茂盛,郁生蚜虫,是草木之病也。其虫味甘,故蚁必群集而舐之。”国外也有很多学者从事这方面的研究。五十年代初期,我国昆虫学家朱弘复教授等就蚂蚁与棉蚜的关系,进行过多方面的观察与研究,曾掘地2尺探察,得出的结论是:从未发现蚂蚁对棉蚜的扩散起任何作用 Ant ants and the mutually beneficial relations, people have long been watching. The Du Ming in the Ming dynasty recorded: “During the summer, new leafy, Yu-sheng aphids, is a disease of plants and trees, and their insects are sweet, so the ants should be clustered, while they are not.” There are also many scholars abroad engaged in this aspect. In the early 1950s, Professor Zhu Hongfu, an entomologist in our country, conducted many observations and researches on the relationship between ants and cotton aphids. After digging a 2-foot spot, he concluded that: Diffusion of any role