Sunday, July 13. 2008

An ant, farming aphids

Ant Shephard
The other day we went for a walk in the countryside and while I was standing next to a rock looking at some flowers, I saw to my amazement an ant on the stem, and it was guiding the aphids, basically farming them like a shephard with its flock.

A quick read of Wikipedia tells me that the ants protect the aphids and milk them using their feelers, and when the aphids reproduce, the ants will take their eggs back to the ant hive and look after them, then carry the young aphids back to the plants to start the process again.
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  1. Natasha said,

    Tuesday, July 15. 2008 at 04:38 (Reply)

    I would like to talk to you about some code you wrote. I'm trying to make a change and I keep blowing the page apart and I cant understand why. Would it be possible to chat about it?

    Sorry to contact you through your blog but I couldn't find an email address.

    Thanks,
    n

  2. Jeannine said,

    Friday, July 18. 2008 at 17:26 (Reply)

    I find this fact so interesting. Nature is so sophisticated.

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