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Unless you have an aphid infestation. Here in Northern California ants farm aphids and are damn good at it. Your plants will have aphids all over them.
by efnx 11y ago
Unless you have an aphid infestation. Here in Northern California ants farm aphids and are damn good at it. Your plants will have aphids all over them.
- mikeytown2 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpJibC5iA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpJibC5iA0 - A video showing the relationship between ants and aphids. The ants protect the aphids on the plant from a number of predators and in return the aphids provide the ants with food in the form of honeydew.
- ultimape 11y agoInterestingly, there are some studies that suggest the aphids secrete the honeydew as a response to high lady-bug populations. In nature, it's hard to tell who is taking advantage of who. I <3 ants: https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/586512292403093505 https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/586512292403093505
- analog31 11y agoThis is, in fact, how I knew that one of my trees had an aphid infestation.