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Ferruginous carpenter ants and wooly aphids - Camponotus chromaiodes
Copyright © 2009 James C. Trager

Ferruginous carpenter ants and wooly aphids - Camponotus chromaiodes
Holly Ridge Conservation Area, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
April 18, 2009
Size: 10-12 mm
This is the erstwhile Camponotus ferrugineus, now properly called C. chromaiodes. Here they tend wooly aphids on a persimmon twig.

This was a big year for wooly aphids in eastern Missouri, with particularly large numbers of these flying fluff balls evident in early June. See pictures of a wooly aphid here:
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Contributed by James C. Trager on 29 October, 2009 - 10:59am
Last updated 29 October, 2009 - 1:27pm

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I edited your text to show you how to use a thumbnail of the photo to which you want to direct readers. If you edit your page you will see how easily this is done. Nice photo!
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Thanks, Bob.
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