Data from: Ant–scale mutualism increases scale infestation, decreases folivory, and disrupts biological control in restored tropical forests

Data collected includes abundance data for A. marquesi in both March 2018 when the experiment began and June 2018 at the end of the experiment. Data also included mortality of A. marquesi due to fungi and parasitism, W. auropunctata abundance, and change in percent folivory on leaves of C. xalapensis after the end of the experiment in June 2018. Percent landscape forest cover at buffers out to 650 m are also included in the dataset.