Ants and smaller insects

spanky117ab

I am curious about the tiny little insects that the ants seem to be looking after, some shots show the ants getting some liquid ( honey dew) from the smaller bugs but the shots didn't turn out very good so I have not included them in this group.

Interesting to see one insect on the left with an almost perfect circle hole cut into its shell.

Regards...Mike

Lord Vetinari

Good series- the ants have a symbiotic relationship with aphids. Interestingly you also have some mummified aphids (the brown ones) that have been parasitised by tiny wasps.

Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Some nice focus lines Mike.

Paul.

spanky117ab

@Lord Vetinari said:
Good series- the ants have a symbiotic relationship with aphids. Interestingly you also have some mummified aphids (the brown ones) that have been parasitised by tiny wasps.

Brian V.

Thanks for the info Brian, I always enjoy learning new information regarding my subjects.

spanky117ab

@Paul Iddon said:
Some nice focus lines Mike.

Paul.

Thanks Paul.

e6filmuser

An excellent set. The parasitic wasp is Aphidius sp., closely related to Braconidae.

Harold

spanky117ab

@e6filmuser said:
An excellent set. The parasitic wasp is Aphidius sp., closely related to Braconidae.

Harold

Thats one of the things I like about this site, I learn new stuff all the time and that's a good thing. Thanks for your comment Harold.

e6filmuser

@spanky117ab said:

@e6filmuser said:
An excellent set. The parasitic wasp is Aphidius sp., closely related to Braconidae.

Harold

Thats one of the things I like about this site, I learn new stuff all the time and that's a good thing. Thanks for your comment Harold.

Yes. My experience too.

Harold

black mamba

Interesting stuff. Nice work.

spanky117ab

@black mamba said:
Interesting stuff. Nice work.

Thank you