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Ants farming aphid-looking bugs on Gardenia

snasxs
16 years ago

I move from zone 4 to 8. I have sporadic spider mites before. I place two pots of beautiful large-double gardenia on the porch. It has been more than a month. The plants look wonderful in full sun.

However I notice this morning there are lots of aphid-looking bugs on the lower reaches of the stems. It seems they have wax-coat  like scales. I also notice the ants are farming these on the stems. I suspect the ants brought these on the stems. The ants walk up and down protect and care for these. I have to scrape these off with my nails. Yuk.

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