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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Chaitophorinae » Chaitophorini » Maple aphids (Periphyllus)
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ant and prey - can you tell what the prey is ? - Periphyllus
Copyright © 2017 dvoribird

ant and prey - can you tell what the prey is ? - Periphyllus
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
March 25, 2017
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Contributed by dvoribird on 26 March, 2017 - 8:14am
Last updated 5 May, 2017 - 6:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 May, 2017 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Aphid looks like Periphyllus.
Crematogaster are known to tend that genus.

… Natalie Hernandez, 5 May, 2017 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

 
Confident enough for placement?
We don't have a lot of these in the Guide--and we have none from Texas.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 May, 2017 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
To genus yes.
I don't know of anything else that has those dark siphunculi pointing out to the side with dorsal cross-bands. Knowing hostplant would help.
… Natalie Hernandez, 5 May, 2017 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you - how interesting!
Thank you - how interesting!
… dvoribird, 5 May, 2017 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

Ant is Crematogaster sp.
.
… Michael Hughes, 26 March, 2017 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably C. laeviuscula, base
Probably C. laeviuscula, based on locality and color.
… Alexander Mohn, 10 April, 2017 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! Seems to be our lo
Thank you! Seems to be our local species.
… dvoribird, 10 April, 2017 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, thank you !!
Oh, thank you !!
… dvoribird, 26 March, 2017 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Not prey
They're tending aphids for their honeydew.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 March, 2017 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Oh! Thank you !!
Oh! Thank you !!
… dvoribird, 26 March, 2017 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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