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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) » Formicinae » Lasiini » Citronella Ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Acanthomyops (Lasius Subgenus Acanthomyops) » Lasius arizonicus
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Bugs with ants - Lasius arizonicus
Copyright © 2011 Jillian H. Cowles

Bugs with ants - Lasius arizonicus
Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
April 25, 2011
Two clusters of bugs were under a rock with an ant nest, in oak/juniper zone.

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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 25 April, 2011 - 11:48pm
Last updated 27 April, 2011 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 27 April, 2011 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 April, 2011 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

Lasius
The ants are in the genus Lasius (claviger-group?), and they are tending Coccoid scale insects.
… E.E, 26 April, 2011 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

 
scale insects
I thought as much, but what mystifies me is what do the scale insects live on? It looked as though they were in the cluster for some time judging from the white fluff around them, so what do they feed on under a rock?
… Jillian H. Cowles, 26 April, 2011 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
The sap-feeders overwinter wi
The sap-feeders overwinter without feeding with the ants that tend them. In spring they are distributed out to feed on tree and other roots, as in in this not-so-great picture I submitted last year:


You also might find of interest, this nicely illustrated blog post on subterranean ants and aphids
… James C. Trager, 9 May, 2011 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
These were probably taken off
These were probably taken off their plant temporarily by the ants for some purpose...
… J. Anderson, 26 April, 2011 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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