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The suspicious look


The suspicious look
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Copyright: Csaba Szucs (Csaba1981) (31)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-07
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/20 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-07 15:54
Viewed: 608
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Some ants actually care for and "farm" other insects! Aphids, scale insects and mealybugs suck the sap of plants. These insects can't use all the sugar that they get from the plants, so they excrete "honeydew", which the ants collect to feed the colony. Ants will transport aphids from plant to plant and take the eggs into their colony for the winter. Ants will also defend aphids from insect predators, such as lady beetles and lacewings, by attacking them in large numbers.


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To kernow: motion blurCsaba1981 1 06-09 10:43
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Very nice macro, a little bit of motion blur adds to the sense of movement amongst these little farmers as they tend their stock.

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