Ep. 40: Maya tastes aphid nectar and clashes with ants over the sweet resource
Aired on January 20, 1976
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Willie and Maya observe ants across the way milking a large herd of aphides. Maya immediately attempts to consume the sweet juice produced by these tiny insects. Her actions lead to a conflict with the ants, who are displeased by her interference. The situation results in Maya getting into trouble with the ant colony due to her attempt to take the nectar for herself.
Episodes
- Ep. 36 · Maya adopts a shivering flea named Kitty during the first cold autumn day
- Ep. 37 · Late autumn brings frost and snow while Maya stays active to combat Willie's freezing shivers
- Ep. 38 · Maya and Willie wake from winter hibernation to discover spring has arrived
- Ep. 39 · Maya and Willie meet a peculiar moth who claims to be a butterfly
- Ep. 40 · Maya tastes aphid nectar and clashes with ants over the sweet resource
- Ep. 41 · Maya and Willie react to a wasp parasite laying eggs in the ground.
- Ep. 42 · Maya and Willie listen to a cockroach's unexpected and dark tales of human persecution
- Ep. 43 · Maya and a stink-bug rescue a bee trapped by an ant-lion
- Ep. 44 · Maya and Willie encounter a lonely mole-cricket emerging from a ground hole.