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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 atkinsoni
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Ants and aphids - Crematogaster atkinsoni
Copyright © 2012 oliver1

Ants and aphids - Crematogaster atkinsoni
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
April 22, 2012
Size: ants 2-3 mm
7 pm in my yard. Does the heart-shaped gaster suggest that the ants are a Crematogaster species? I am intrigued by the striped wings which seem to belong to the brownish aphids. Could this allow an ID? I found a few photos of aphids with striped wings but the stripes were always less bold.

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Contributed by oliver1 on 23 April, 2012 - 8:20am
Last updated 3 September, 2012 - 10:18am

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Moved from Acrobat Ants.
… James C. Trager, 3 September, 2012 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. Acrobat ants. Nice series!
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 April, 2012 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Eric!
Is there a chance to ID the aphids? Are there special acrobat ant/aphid couples?
… oliver1, 27 April, 2012 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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