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Ant_ Farming

The ants are Crematagaster laeviceps chasei harvesting a substance from mealy bug nymphs,a sugary waste called honeydew,some were being herded on this leaf and others in borer holes in the stem.The mealybug is Psudococcus spp.

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Uploaded on March 15, 2010
Taken on April 3, 2008