Chemicals on ants' feet tranquilise and subdue colonies of aphids, ( Those little yellow critters. They are amazons! All females! But I digress)keeping them close-by as a ready source of food. Aphids survive on sucking the juice from plants and then secrete a sticky sugary "Honeydew" that the ants love to eat. Insects are so cool. :)
I thought of you today Hope. I was driving around, and noticed a fluttering every time I looked in my rear view mirror........a dragonfly had only flown into my car lol I did stop the car toot sweet, and opened all the doors to let the little guy out :-) So interesting........nature is amazing, and what a wonderful capture :-)
@allisonraposa Good work Allison! Many more dragonflies will be in the world because you saved that one! :) Thank you for your wonderful encouragement!
@jacjacs68 Thank you Jackie! Those little yellow ladies are pretty cool too. All females. They just reproduce clones of themselves! I am such a nerd.lol.
