Amazon Pics Part 31

Moebius · Post by **Moebius** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:58 am

This very tiny guy (a few mm) I am guessing is an immature homopteran of some sort.

Ants farming something...are these aphids?

Little white homopteran

Ken Nelson
Canon 30D
Sigma 150mm

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:48 am

Another nice set of images there Ken

, the first and second especially so. The first, again, appears to be a very young and immature tree hopper and the second, I would assume are the ants riding herd on a number of "mealy bugs."

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:30 pm

Great photographs Ken, with unusual creatures!

Only ants looks common for me but I think Gordon would be delighted with details. First one makes a great subject for Jody's macro setup.

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:24 pm

Wonderful shots. The ants are tending immature leafhoppers, not an uncommon situation. The ants I am not sure of the Ident on but the look like a Dolichoderus sp. However the one feature needed to make the Id for sure is not visible. Either way super.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:00 am

Great shots Ken. The ants sure look like overlords of an evil regime.

Iriwn

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:54 pm

Gordon, now that you mentioned leafhoppers, I can see them. More wonderful photos Ken. The first one is a real cutie