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Velvet wrote:


On the other hand, ants apparently do a good job at pest control -
though I must say their farming of aphids leaves a lot to be desired IMO.

I was at the beack a while ago and we sat down in the sand dunes for
lunch, sheltered from the wind, and I was watching the ants farming
scale bugs on every little sprig of sorrel (that's what I think it was
anyway). Every plant was infested and patroled by ants, fascinating to
watch.

Peter

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