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Red ants appear to protect aphids?
Copyright © 2013 roccosaya

Red ants appear to protect aphids?
Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, USA
August 17, 2013
Size: very small
Hi guys. Can you help me out here? I found all these red ants protecting what appear to be aphids? Only I never saw black and yellow aphids? Is that an aphid? (center, a bit left, red eyes, black & yellow) ... they were protecting them, so I assume they have to be aphids.... ?
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Contributed by roccosaya on 17 August, 2013 - 10:10pm
Last updated 7 August, 2017 - 10:21pm

Moved
Moved from Treehoppers.
… v belov, 6 April, 2017 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 13 September, 2013 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

Treehopper nymph
Look at this page for an explanation. I think they are correct in what they are talking about. (I don't know if this is the same Treehopper species as yours is though.)
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 17 August, 2013 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the quick reply! A
Thanks for the quick reply! Appreciate it very much, and agree it looks like a treehopper nymph.
… roccosaya, 18 August, 2013 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

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