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Re: Corn and ants

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>>When I noticed ants going for my corn a couple of years ago, I too was
>>wondering what to do.  But then I noticed what the ants were doing -
>>eating aphids.  So I left them alone.  They did a great job cleaning up
>>the aphids and I had great corn that year.   Melissa in Michigan -zone 5
>>
>Ants do not eat aphids. Margaret L

I believe that ants "farm" aphids because aphids secret a sweet substance
that the ants like to eat. But the ants don't eat the aphids themselves.

Katherine Wendt
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