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Clever Ants

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Description

Category: Invertebrates

These Black Garden Ants keep a small herd of Aphids (plant lice) for a rather specialized purpose.

Wikipedia: "Some species of ants "farm" aphids, protecting them on the plant they eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids release from their anus; this is a mutualistic relationship."


Image size
2020x1280px 1.66 MB
Model
NIKON D300
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/16.0
Focal Length
60 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Jun 29, 2008, 4:04:39 PM
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We called them ant cows ;)