Chico State Herbarium Native Pollinator field trip

Stephen Fischer Photography

Formica ant overseeing some aphids.
There is a symbiotic relationship with the aphids processing the sap from the plant into sugars that these ants feed from.
Robert, one of the entomologists on this trip equated the aphids to that of how humans raise and use cows.
Argentine ant overseeing some aphids. There is a symbiotic relationship with the aphids processing the sap from the plant into sugars that the ants feed from
family: formicidae
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