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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 Chthonolasius (Lasius Subgenus Chthonolasius) » Lasius aphidicola
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Ants, Aphids and Larva - Lasius aphidicola
Copyright © 2011 Harvey Schmidt

Ants, Aphids and Larva - Lasius aphidicola
Coldstream, Southern, British Columbia, Canada
September 18, 2011
I lifted a log and found these ants busy farming the aphids and I presume also trying to hide their larva.

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 18 September, 2011 - 8:58pm
Last updated 18 October, 2011 - 1:17pm

Nice images
Much better than my blurry ones from Missouri (with a different aphid):



Interesting to see the dark-bodied adult aphid among the pale nymphs.
… James C. Trager, 18 October, 2011 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
James!
… Harvey Schmidt, 18 October, 2011 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 October, 2011 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Lasius
Looks like you have Formicine ants in the genus Lasius. Someone else might be able to give you more detail.
… E.E, 19 September, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

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