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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) » Odorous Ants (Dolichoderinae) » Leptomyrmecini » Pyramid Ants (Dorymyrmex) » Dorymyrmex bureni
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Tending Ants - Dorymyrmex bureni
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Tending Ants - Dorymyrmex bureni
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 5, 2009
Any thoughts on these treehopper tending ants?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 6 July, 2009 - 9:34am
Last updated 16 January, 2011 - 8:39pm

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Moved from Ants.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 February, 2010 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

Looks like Dorymyrmex bureni
Looks like Dorymyrmex bureni to me, a common open ground ant along the Gulf Coast, especially where the soils are dry and sandy.
… Inquiline, 10 February, 2010 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Treehoppers.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 January, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Van Duzee Treehopper. Sorry for the double move. We had tagged all and moved both before we realized that these were probably different species. We're thinking they should probably be unlinked.
… john and jane balaban, 8 January, 2010 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Ants
Anybody happen to know anything about the ants?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 January, 2010 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Ants
I recommend posting a copy of this image to Formicidae--the chances of someone who knows about ants seeing this image here are slim.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 January, 2010 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Treehoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 8 January, 2010 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2009 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request to Auchenorrhyncha for the moment, to see if Dr. Hamilton will comment.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 September, 2009 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Dr Hamilton just identified a similar
image as Vanduzea segmentata - Van Duzee Treehopper, but you may want to wait for his confirmation.
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2009 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Most Definitely
"Tending ants" are such an interesting phenomenon to see first hand. BTW the plant is a dandelion. As with Paul Harvey, I'm looking forward to knowing the rest of the story.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 11 August, 2009 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

The treehopper may be
a Cyrtolobus. Is that where you want this posted?
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2009 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

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