(for aphids, mainly) : species of ant that was taking care of it

Datatype: taxon
Created by: fabienpiednoir fabienpiednoir

Observations specifying this field

Observation Ant attending

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What

Typical Treehoppers (Family Membracidae)

Observer

ryanvieira

Date

August 6, 2023 10:29 AM -03
  Complex Dolichoderus bispinosus
  Big-headed Ants (Genus Pheidole)

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What

Giant Oak Aphid (Stomaphis quercus)

Observer

dgilperez

Date

April 7, 2024 05:51 PM CEST

Description

Observation for the trophobiont / guest insects on the ant nest. Nest is all over the bark of an old Quercus robur.

Interesting behavior: the swarm are all over the bark of the big oak, handling some nymphs in the crevices in groups ... Large numbers, both ants and aphids, up to very high in the tree.

Observation for the ants: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205883715

  Jet Ant (Lasius fuliginosus)

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What

Coral Jewel (Hypochrysops miskini)

Observer

braden1

Date

February 2024

Description

Larvae on Smilax australis

  Anonychomyrma gilberti

Photos / Sounds

Observer

xeniorn

Date

May 7, 2023 02:11 PM CEST
  Wood, Mound, and Field Ants (Genus Formica)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

dgilperez

Date

October 20, 2023 05:46 PM CEST

Description

On Retama sphaerocarpa, attended by cf Camponotus spp

  Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)

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What

Lime Blue (Chilades lajus)

Observer

gs5

Date

October 11, 2023 10:48 AM IST
  Indian Black Ant (Camponotus compressus)

Photos / Sounds

What

Aphids (Family Aphididae)

Observer

ilia_ogol

Date

May 24, 2023
  Blood-red Field Ant (Formica sanguinea)

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What

Greenhouse Orthezia (Insignorthezia insignis)

Observer

mariedelport

Date

February 17, 2022 08:27 PM SAST
  Big-headed Ants (Genus Pheidole)

Photos / Sounds

What

Aphids (Family Aphididae)

Observer

joaotiagotavares

Date

July 30, 2022 08:06 AM WEST

Description

On Solanum nigrum, being attended by Camponotus cruentatus ants

  Blood-spotted Sugar Ant (Camponotus cruentatus)

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What

Poplar Shoot Aphid (Chaitophorus populeti)

Observer

irina-luch

Date

August 14, 2022 06:30 PM MSK
  Citronella Ants, Fuzzy Ants, and Allies (Genus Lasius)

Photos / Sounds

What

Soft Scales (Family Coccidae)

Observer

darinjm7

Date

May 22, 2022 09:49 AM PDT
  Wood, Mound, and Field Ants (Genus Formica)

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What

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

May 2022
  Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile)

Photos / Sounds

What

Leafcurl Ash Aphid (Prociphilus fraxinifolii)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

May 2022

Description

On green ash.

  Ferruginous Carpenter Ant (Camponotus chromaiodes)

Photos / Sounds

What

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

May 2022

Description

On Carolina vetch. Pete Woods had adults here a couple of weeks ago.

  Wily Field Ant (Formica dolosa)

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What

Woolly Alder Aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

October 2020

Description

On alder. Tended by Camponotus castaneus.

  Chestnut Carpenter Ant (Camponotus castaneus)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

b_coulter

Date

October 2013

Description

Under stone with Stigmatomma pallipes.

  Eastern Dracula Ant (Stigmatomma pallipes)

Photos / Sounds

What

African Big-headed Ant (Pheidole megacephala)

Observer

gjn

Date

October 1, 2020 04:41 PM AEST

Description

No idea about the ants but interested in the scale/insect that the ants are attending to.

  Aphids and Allies (Infraorder Aphidomorpha)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

gernotkunz

Date

February 7, 2022 07:39 PM CET
  Ectatomma tuberculatum

Photos / Sounds

What

Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids (Subfamily Eriosomatinae)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

April 2020

Description

Under rock with Lasius aphidicola.

  Shaded Fuzzy Ant (Lasius aphidicola)

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant Bark Aphid (Longistigma caryae)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

July 2020

Description

On American beech bark.

  Allegheny Mound Ant (Formica exsectoides)

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant Bark Aphid (Longistigma caryae)

Observer

b_coulter

Date

June 29, 2019 05:05 PM EDT
  Fusca-group Field Ants (Complex Formica fusca)

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What

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)

Observer

vcharny

Date

April 6, 2020 12:04 PM CDT
  American Carpenter Ant (Camponotus americanus)

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What

Appalachian Azure (Celastrina neglectamajor)

Observer

linkmdavis

Date

June 15, 2020 02:31 PM EDT

Description

Found on Actaea racemosa.
Ants attending.

  Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile)

Photos / Sounds

What

Appalachian Azure (Celastrina neglectamajor)

Observer

linkmdavis

Date

June 14, 2016 12:11 PM EDT

Description

Ants attending.

  Ferruginous Carpenter Ant (Camponotus chromaiodes)

Photos / Sounds

What

Appalachian Azure (Celastrina neglectamajor)

Observer

linkmdavis

Date

June 14, 2016 12:18 PM EDT

Description

Ant attending.

  Bearded Carpenter Ant (Camponotus subbarbatus)

Photos / Sounds

What

Appalachian Azure (Celastrina neglectamajor)

Observer

just_add_water

Date

June 2021

Description

On black cohosh

  Bearded Carpenter Ant (Camponotus subbarbatus)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

entomokot

Date

February 17, 2008 02:14 PM MSK
  Typical Silverfishes (Family Lepismatidae)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 22, 2020
  Typical Treehoppers (Family Membracidae)

Photos / Sounds

What

Scale Insects (Superfamily Coccoidea)

Observer

clurarit

Date

May 24, 2020
  Scale Insects (Superfamily Coccoidea)
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