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Wallonia, Belgium, today.

I stumbled upon a plant covered with small bundles of aphids, and sure enough, upon closer inspection, it had a whole aphid farming operation going on, and ladybugs had found it.

The ant tried blocking the way but fell off. Hopefully it's okay somewhere. The aphids, unfortunately, will not be.

Ant defending aphids against ladybug

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If ants herd aphids and ladybugs hunt aphids...are ladybugs ants' wolves?