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ants - Camponotus floridanus
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

ants - Camponotus floridanus
Manatee County, Florida, USA
August 15, 2008
This is on an oak tree. Figured they were feeding on something coming from whatever this structure is???
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 15 August, 2008 - 4:32pm
Last updated 1 April, 2010 - 6:20pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Ken Schneider, 1 April, 2010 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Formicinae: Camponotus
Camponotus floridanus.
… James C. Trager, 1 April, 2010 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

That structure...
is likely a scale insect, which as you suggest would secrete honeydew in the same way aphids do.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 September, 2008 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Moving -
to Ants for now... Nice image.
… Ken Schneider, 9 September, 2008 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

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