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Re: [NAFEX] aphids/ants

From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] aphids/ants
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:29:57 -0400

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:10:02 -0400, <spidra@speakeasy.net> wrote:

The ants keep introducing aphids onto everything.

Hi,

Isn't that backwards?

I thought it was the aphids that brings the ants.

Aphid waste droplets are a treat for ants. First come the aphids, then come the ants looking for a treat.

Later,
Tom

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