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honeydew

the sugary waste substance passed out by aphids and similar insects.

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With a perfect honeydew melon commanding as much as [yen] 75,000 for a corporate gift, and the finest grapes selling for up to [yen] 14,000 a bunch, thieves are scouring the countryside for the finest fruit.

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Like aphids and many other sucking insects, mealybugs must take in great quantities of plant fluids, and therefore secrete a lot of liquid waste called "honeydew." Honeydew promotes the growth of a black fungus called sooty mold, so a significant infestation of mealybugs creates a black, sticky mess.