Timeline for What are these insects laying eggs on the underside of this butterfly flower leaf?
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| Nov 7, 2018 at 18:09 | vote | accept | Nick Charney Kaye | ||
| Jul 4, 2017 at 5:07 | comment | added | Jude | stormy, if ants are farming they aphids, believe me, they won't keep them underground as it defeats their whole purpose farming them. They need to keep their aphids on tender succulent leaves and stems, which is why aphids are normally found near the ends of stems and on flower buds. Ants need aphids to suck up lots of plant juices. When the ant strokes an aphid , it prompts it to release a drop of honeydew (aphid poo). If anyone ever sees an ant carrying an aphid in its jaws, it's moving it to greener pastures not to eat it. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:42 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 5:12 | comment | added | stormy | I love frogs, and they help out in the garden. I was commenting that I might have a nice harmony going with the ant, frogs. But that was short-lived. It is powdery mildew season, now. Sigh. | |
| Jul 29, 2014 at 10:14 | comment | added | kevinskio♦ | @stormy most terrestrial frogs can eat eat what they can reach with their tongue. If an aphid is two feet in the air at the top of a tall plant the frog cannot reach it. Predatory wasps and lady bugs are more common predators for aphids in North America | |
| Jul 29, 2014 at 2:30 | comment | added | stormy | Well...they eat the flying insects that become the aphids...and sure, they'd eat aphids! But I think the ants figure keeping their herds under ground around here is a better survival tactic. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 4:59 | comment | added | J. Musser | @stormy do frogs control aphids? | |
| Jul 25, 2014 at 21:46 | comment | added | stormy | I've got tons of ants. This is the first year in a long history of gardening that I haven't seen an aphid. I've also been cultivating frogs... | |
| Jul 25, 2014 at 18:54 | history | answered | kevinskio♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |