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Ant Farmer

by Gary W. Sherwin

Category: FaunaAdded February 18, 2009473 views

Arthropods

Keywords: bull-thistle, ant, aphid, carcass, farm, farmer, green, herd, parasite, relationship, sugar, symbiotic, thistle, black, work

Some Farms and farmers are pretty small. A black ant caries away a dead carcass from its herd of sugar exuding aphids which are "pasturing" on a bull-thistle stem.
Image Reference: InsectsImage Format: Digital Capture - 5 to 7MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital RetouchModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: NA