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There were small white balls with black spot on the nodes of dry grass and these ants were guarding them.
Grass nodes.
These white rounded structures looked like fungi to me. But I can't be sure. Curious to know what these could be.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2011
Submitted on Nov 20, 2011
5 Comments
Thanks. :)
Amazing!
Carpenter Ant
Oh thanks. This is interesting. :)
I think this may be some kind of scale. See this site, half way down the page http://www.horticolour.com/pestguide.htm... I have this kind of scale on a plant in my yard; I also have several other kinds of scale on other plants. They seem pretty specific to the plant, and they are "farmed" by ants who eat the "honeydew" (sugar-water excrement) that the scale make.