|
||||
 |
Our family got to spend the weekend camping near Payson, AZ. I found one small patch of flowers that had ants visiting every time I walked by. It was the original “wildflower cafe.” There were also thrips and small beetles. A bunch of different buprestids were feasting. Hairstreaks and blues were common. But it was the little ants that stole my [...] We have some amazing ants in Arizona. People always comment on the tiny ants that run rapidly along sidewalks in great numbers. Here’s a very amateur video in real time, to give you an idea of their speed at about 90 degrees F. I particularly enjoy the traffic noises in the second part. I thought the revving [...] We had some questions about the bright yellow aphids show up on milkweeds each year. Oleander aphids Where did the aphids come from? Oleander aphids, Aphis nerii, are thought to have been introduced throughout the world from the Mediterranean region, where oleander is native (the species name nereii comes from Nerium, the genus name for oleander). The [...] |
|
||
|
Copyright © 2012 Wild About Ants - All Rights Reserved |
||||
