Sap by the fact that phloem sap is physiologically extreme in terms of animal digestion, and it is hypothesized that few animals take direct advantage of this because they lack two adaptations that are necessary to enable direct use by animals. These include the existence of a very high ratio of non-essential/essential amino acids in phloem sap for which these adapted Hemiptera insects contain symbiotic microorganisms which can then provide them with essential amino acids; and also insect "tolerance of the very high sugar content and osmotic pressure of phloem sap is promoted by their possession in the gut of sucrase-transglucosidase
Xylosandrus compactus and "Melia azedarach". It is particularly damaging in tree nurseries, killing seedlings and young saplings. A study in Uganda's shaded robusta coffee systems, tree species suppressing "X. compactus" infestation characteristically exuded copious sap regardless of any stress. Therefore, the presence or absence of copious sap exuding from trees upon injury likely differentiates "X. compactus" hosts from non-hosts. In Florida, where "X. compactus" has been introduced, the life cycle is completed in about twenty-eight days. Like other ambrosia beetles, the adult female carries a fungal symbiont, in this case "Fusarium solani". This fungus attacks the xylem tissue of the plant host,