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ant receiving a drop of honeydew from an aphid (photo)
Ecooper
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Posted on 19-08-2012 05:33
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 Hi all,

My latest blog is about photographing ants...which are everything that a macro photographer looks for: they are small (pretty much a prerequisite for macro), attractive (some of them at least) and best of all, they do interesting things.

Kind of like flies!

The photo below is a western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes) receiving a drop of honeydew from an aphid.

Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com
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ant with nectar tight crop filtered sm by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
 
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