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  1. The #slave #ant #Formica #fusca (#Formicinae) is seen here on common #tansy collecting #honeydew from and guarding the #aphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride. The #workers of this ant #species, which builds #polygynous subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between #individual and #collective #behavior.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Ref
    C. Carere et al. (2018)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.

    #Photos
    ©S F. Wirth 2025

  2. The #slave #ant #Formica #fusca (#Formicinae) is seen here on common #tansy collecting #honeydew from and guarding the #aphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride. The #workers of this ant #species, which builds #polygynous subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between #individual and #collective #behavior.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Ref
    C. Carere et al. (2018)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.

    #Photos
    ©S F. Wirth 2025

  3. The #slave #ant #Formica #fusca (#Formicinae) is seen here on common #tansy collecting #honeydew from and guarding the #aphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride. The #workers of this ant #species, which builds #polygynous subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between #individual and #collective #behavior.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Ref
    C. Carere et al. (2018)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.

    #Photos
    ©S F. Wirth 2025

  4. The #slave #ant #Formica #fusca (#Formicinae) is seen here on common #tansy collecting #honeydew from and guarding the #aphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride. The #workers of this ant #species, which builds #polygynous subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between #individual and #collective #behavior.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Ref
    C. Carere et al. (2018)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.

    #Photos
    ©S F. Wirth 2025

  5. The #slave #ant #Formica #fusca (#Formicinae) is seen here on common #tansy collecting #honeydew from and guarding the #aphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride. The #workers of this ant #species, which builds #polygynous subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between #individual and #collective #behavior.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Ref
    C. Carere et al. (2018)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.

    #Photos
    ©S F. Wirth 2025

  6. The pink #tansyaphid #Metopeurum #fuscoviride is native to Europe and prefers forming large #colonies on #tansy #Tanacetum #vulgare.This aphid is very attractive for #ants, as one aphid has a high #honeydew #production with in average 1 milligram of honeydew per hour. Authors M. K. Fischer et al. (2002) found the #aminoacid #concentration in honeydew increasing with #aphid age.

    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    M. K. Fischer et al. (2002)
    doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(01)

    #Photos
    © S F. Wirth 2025