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Old 28-08-2006, 02:35 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Aphids on my roses, time to wage war

"Jen" writes:
Yeah. I remember reading a book about ants, that said ants farm aphids and
milk them.


As the day heats up the ants will even shuffle the aphids around so that
they stay in the shade. Or so I've read.
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