On: High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar

[ajmurmann]

From totally unscientific observations I made as a young child: the ants actually deploy and protect the aphids like cattle. I remember seeing ants literally carry ladybugs away from the aphids.

[lelf → ajmurmann]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid#Ant_mutualism

[eitland → ajmurmann]

Wish I was that patient when I was young :-)

Meanwhile I've been looking around and while most of the results here aren't scientific studies they still support our observations:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ants+aphids+relationship&t=fpas&ia...

[onorton → ajmurmann]

I remember reading that in a book when I was about 6 or 7 and it turned my childhood obsession of dinosaurs into one of ants.

[dillonmckay → ajmurmann]

Same with fingernail or toenail clippings.