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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) » Myrmicinae » Crematogastrini » Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster)
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acrobat ants milking treehopper - Crematogaster
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

acrobat ants milking treehopper - Crematogaster
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
August 13, 2009
Ant species ?
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 13 August, 2009 - 10:26am
Last updated 13 August, 2009 - 6:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 13 August, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

Ants do sometimes tend Treehoppers too
This one is the famous Treehopper (Membracidae) Entylia camelus. Worker ants are "Acrobat Ants" of the genus Crematogaster, one of the brown species like C. cerasi or C. ashmeadi.
… Richard Vernier, 13 August, 2009 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
thanks Richard
Appreciate the ID help and info.
… Andrew Williams, 13 August, 2009 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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