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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Crematogastrini » Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster) » Crematogaster ashmeadi
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Acrobat Ants tending aphids - Crematogaster ashmeadi
Copyright © 2017 Bryan E. Reynolds

Acrobat Ants tending aphids - Crematogaster ashmeadi
One mile south of Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
April 28, 2017
I'm also interested in IDing the ants. Found on Roughleaf Dogwood, Cornus drummondii.
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Contributed by Bryan E. Reynolds on 29 April, 2017 - 12:09pm
Last updated 4 May, 2017 - 1:03pm

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Could you link to the aphid ID when you find out what they are? Thanks.
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Will do and thanks as always
Will do and thanks as always for the ant IDs.
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