Aphids and ants by larose forest photos


27-MAY-2016	Christine Hanrahan

A group of winged and non-winged aphids tended by ants who enjoy feeding on the sticky 'honeydew' the aphids produce.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/125s f/4.0 at 4.5mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Nora van Beek		23-Feb-2017 14:47
Superb macro! The designs on their wings is so interesting. V

LynnH		22-Feb-2017 22:45
Winged aphids seem big to me. Excellent to see the ants working to 'herd' the aphids. Like herding cats, I suppose... LOL.. V

Buz Kiefer		22-Feb-2017 22:16
These guys are really small. Great macro photo, Christine. The detail and the activity are great. BV

Allan Jay		22-Feb-2017 21:32
Excellent collection, Christine!

victorswan		22-Feb-2017 20:21
Fabulous shot Christine, a huge difference to those we know here so lovely colors fantastic macrophotography respect BV

Jim Coffman		22-Feb-2017 19:39
What a find! Great capture of nature!

Irene Wehrli		22-Feb-2017 19:17
Oh my - what a wonderful colony… So beautiful to look at, fabulous shot Christine! Irene

joseantonio		22-Feb-2017 17:24
excellent closeup details.V.

Ton T.		22-Feb-2017 16:37
Great image Christine! V

globalgadabout		22-Feb-2017 16:31
symbiosis in action...the winged aphids seem large...superb shot...V

Chris Morton		22-Feb-2017 16:20
one of my least favourite subjects - they have nearly ruined some of our newly planted trees here and are near impossible to stop

Juliette		22-Feb-2017 16:14
awesome macro V

Patrick Goossens		22-Feb-2017 16:11
We call this the milking of the aphids. Great images of it.

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