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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) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Lipaphis » Turnip Aphid (Lipaphis pseudobrassicae)
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Ant Tending Aphids - Lipaphis pseudobrassicae
Copyright © 2006 Timothy Robert Nichols

Ant Tending Aphids - Lipaphis pseudobrassicae
Ridgeville, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
May 7, 2006
Weighing in from West Virginia.
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Contributed by Timothy Robert Nichols on 8 May, 2006 - 10:28am
Last updated 7 December, 2009 - 9:49pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 December, 2009 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

ID
Lipaphis erysimi
… Andrew Jensen, 7 December, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

I know this was three years ago, but...
Do you know what the host plant was? Looks like some kind of mustard, maybe...
… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, mustard.
Yes, mustard.
… John Pearson, 18 December, 2009 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Host Plant Unknown
I'm sorry to say that I failed to record the plant at the time and that I cannot recall it now.
… Timothy Robert Nichols, 2 December, 2009 - 7:18am login or register to post comments

Given your location, this ant
Given your location, this ant is probably Formica subsericea.

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… Alex Wild, 9 May, 2006 - 3:38am login or register to post comments

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