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Ants and Treehopper Nymphs - Nylanderia flavipes
Copyright © 2008 Dan Leeder

Ants and Treehopper Nymphs - Nylanderia flavipes
Camden County, New Jersey, USA

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Contributed by Dan Leeder on 25 August, 2008 - 8:29pm
Last updated 3 October, 2019 - 3:04pm

Moved
Moved from Paratrechina flavipes.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 February, 2010 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paratrechina.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 November, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

I agree
This is the Asian species P. flavipes, increasingly common from NJ to DC to NE Ohio.

Tending of membracids is common if not universal among formicines, dolichoderines and some myrmicines.
… James C. Trager, 23 November, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Paratrechina
Those appear to be a Paratrechina. Might be Paratrechina flavipes but I'm not sure.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 26 August, 2008 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Is there a specific type of ant that farms the Treehoppers? I believe that the treehopper nymphs are Entylia carinata if that helps.

PS: I've added another image that is slightly closer.
… Dan Leeder, 26 August, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Several.
I have even seen carpenter ants tending membracids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2008 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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