At the Aphid Bar
Sugar ant (Brachymyrmex) tending aphids on flower bud. As mentioned in a previous post, many phloem-feeding hemipterans, such as aphids, take in excess sugar, which they excrete as a substance called...
View ArticleNuptial Flight – The Sad Plight of Male Ants
Male and female alates prepare for a mating flight while worker ants stand guard (Brachymyrmex). Earlier this week I was treated to my mailbox colony of Brachymyrmex (no official common name, but...
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