#07.30, Oecophylla smaragdina (Weaver Ant / Formiga-tecelã) and #79.4, Mealybug (Familia Pseudococcidae)

"Up for something"

 

While browsing through my "old" photos (the ones taken with my ahem not-so-good-for-macro EF 28-135mm), I found this one that shows these ants "up for something".

 

Those are the "thingies" that you can usually find near these ants. Are they aphids?

 

Regnum: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Classis: Insecta

Divisio: Neoptera

Ordo: Hymenoptera

Familia: Formicidae

Genus: Oecophylla

 

[edit for updates about the thingies]

 

Regnum: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Classis: Insecta

Subclassis: Pterygota

Ordo: Hemiptera

Subordo: Sternorrhyncha

Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Pseudococcidae

Done