{"id":1495,"date":"2011-07-01T00:17:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T04:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2011-07-01T20:36:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T00:36:53","slug":"t-g-i-formicidae-camponotus-with-aphids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/01\/t-g-i-formicidae-camponotus-with-aphids\/","title":{"rendered":"T.G.I.Formicidae – Formica with Aphids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T.G.I.Formicidae is a new occasional feature here on the blog, and this inaugural edition features some collusion between Alex Wild, Ted MacRae and myself. Alex normally features beetles on Fridays<\/a>, and Ted and I thought it might be fun to continue the trend, with Ted blogging flies<\/a> today while I cover ants to complete the triad of major insect groups! Make sure to check out their blogs to see what fantastic Friday finds they have to share!<\/p>\n

In a last minute rush to produce some ant photos to compliment the fine photographs of Ted’s and Alex’s, I ran back to the Dairy Bush on the University of Guelph campus<\/a> with hopes of finding some interesting ants to shoot. Luckily for me, I happened across what I believe are Camponotus<\/em><\/del> Formica<\/em> ants tending to masses of aphids. Ant mutualism with aphids was one of the first insect interactions I can remember learning about in my intro entomology courses, and I can’t resist watching and photographing these tiny ranchers whenever I come across them!<\/p>\n

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