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Aphids on my roses, time to wage war
"gardenlen" wrote in message
sorry farm1, you maybe a bit off the mark there, ants not only have a symbiotic relationship with sacle insects but also with mealy bugs and aphids pretty much any thript. and aphids do secrete a sugary substance that the ants use in their food chain. Well I can only say that I have never seen an ant near the aphids on my roses. And my garden has multiple varieties of ants. Perhaps the wrens clear the aphids before the ants have a chance to find the aphids. the aphid is flightless and can't crawl over the ground so the only way it gets around is by being carried. Wrong Len. Aphids do grow wings. See http://www.princeton.edu/~dstern/AphidResearch.htm and http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-apc051805.php |
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