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Had a little play about with the 100mm L and extension tubes yesterday.
Spotted these ants and aphids, at first I thought the ants were eating them but watched them for ages and realised they weren't.
Apparently they have a symbiotic relationship whereby the ants stroke the aphids to encourage them to secrete honeydew which they then eat.
They've also been known to take the aphids back to their nests to protect them from predators.
Ants-25 by Wozzaaah, on Flickr
Spotted these ants and aphids, at first I thought the ants were eating them but watched them for ages and realised they weren't.
Apparently they have a symbiotic relationship whereby the ants stroke the aphids to encourage them to secrete honeydew which they then eat.
They've also been known to take the aphids back to their nests to protect them from predators.
Ants-25 by Wozzaaah, on Flickr