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Treebeard: Native ants (Formicidae) tending aphids (Aphididae)
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Treebeard: Tiny native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending aphids
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Treebeard: Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) doing *something* on a bud of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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Treebeard: Ants, apids ... and a little white Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera) insect!
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Treebeard: Tiny native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) getting nectar from a bud of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Winged ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) in the bathroom at home
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Treebeard: Them! Carpenter Ant (Camponotus, Formicidae, Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Tiny ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on buds of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) - maybe genus Crematogaster, Myrmicinae?
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Treebeard: Stinging ants on our porch, both workers and an adult!
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Treebeard: Native ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Native ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Little ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) pulling apart a Western Paper Wasp (Mischocyttarus flavitarsis, Vespidae, Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: A gathering of ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) - genus Crematogaster, subfamily Myrmicinae
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Treebeard: Not-so-tiny Ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) getting *something* from new pistillate flowers/acorns of Scrub Oak (Quercus berberidifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Tiny ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending a colony of Aphids (Aphididae, Homoptera) on a grass blade
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Treebeard: Tiny ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on flower of Wedge-leaved Horkelia (Horkelia cuneata, Rosaceae)
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Treebeard: Interesting ants (Crematogaster, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending gall of Clasping Twig Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis prehensa, Cynipidae, Hymenoptera) on Scrub Oak (Quercus berberidifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Galled acorn of a Mottled Acorn Gall Wasp (Callirhytis carmelensis, Cynipidae, Hymenoptera) on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) - with an ant
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Treebeard: Pollen-dusted ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Athletic ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on non-native Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, Apiaceae)
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Treebeard: Native ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on non-native Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, Apiaceae)
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Treebeard: Native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on a flower of native Bitter Gooseberry (Ribes amarum, Grossulariaceae)
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Treebeard: Native ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) getting *something* from galled or rolled leaf of Greenbark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus, Rhamnaceae)
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Treebeard: Native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) on a flower of native Bitter Gooseberry (Ribes amarum, Grossulariaceae)
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Treebeard: Close encounter between a Spider and a little ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Large winged Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) in our bathroom - born to die
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Treebeard: Mass emergence of Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) - maybe the California Velvety Tree Ant (Liometopum occidentale)
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Treebeard: Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) in our house - maybe the California Velvety Tree Ant (Liometopum occidentale)
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Treebeard: Native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending a slug-like caterpillar on Wild Sweetpea (Lathyrus vestitus, Fabaceae)
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Treebeard: Native ant (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending a slug-like caterpillar on Wild Sweetpea (Lathyrus vestitus, Fabaceae)