Ants cultivating afids on Digitalis purpurea - Purple Foxglove - Roter Fingerhut - Hesse - Germany - 02
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Camera location50° 00′ 33.5″ N, 8° 33′ 50.12″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 50.009305; 8.563923. Description: Deutsch: Ameisen (Myrmica rubra) melken Blattläuse (Aphis fabae) auf rotem Fingerhut (Digitalis purpurea), Hessen, Deutschland. English: Ants (Myrmica rubra) cultivating/milking afids (Aphis fabae) on Purple Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Hesse, Germany. Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Hugh Loxdale, Richard Harrington and to the user Biopics for their help in assigning the aphid species. According to the two experts Hugh Loxdale and Richard Harrington, the aphid species on the photo is apparently Aphis fabae. Date: 2 June 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Norbert Nagel.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, and ants)
- Apocrita (wasp)
- Aculeata
- Vespoidea (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies)
- Formicidae (ants)
- Myrmica
- Myrmica rubra (European fire ant)
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