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ants tending aphids - Camponotus herculeanus

ants tending aphids - Camponotus herculeanus
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada
August 7, 2017
I actually would be happy with an ID of either the ants or the aphids... They were in high meadow habitat in the Northern Rockies.

Moved
Well, now you have the ants.
Identifying the plant could help ID the aphids, b.t.w.

 
Definately Common Fireweed.
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Moved from ID Request.

I'd suggest moving the pic...
...to either Formicidae or Aphididae (or double-post to both families). You're more likely to get an ID that way.

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