Re: earwigs

>>" I do know that red ants kill aphids."
>
>Actually this is very interesting. They don't kill them. The ants do
>haul the aphids back to their ant hills but for the purpose of using
>them. You see when the aphids suck on tender new stems a sybstance
>called honeydew is released. As the name implies it is a very sweet
>substance that the ants absolutely love. So they 'farm' the aphids to
>provide them with their fix. They escort them out and back in.
>Just another fascinating item from the 'Things-you-don't-really-need-to-
>know-but-are-interesting-to-me' list.
>Gilly
>

Wow, this is very interesting. So they don't kill them? You mean the ants
bring the aphids to their hill and lick them off and then send them back to
the garden to get a "sweetened up" again?

Vicki
Tacoma, WA
http://www.createastone.com




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