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  1108 whiskered ants & quasi aphids 6790
  by IUNUUS

  i don’t know the names of either of these insects, but the foliage that they do what they do on is Eucalyptus kitsonia (not indigenous to this area, but indigenous to the island). whiskered ants are nonagressive, numerous and inquisitive. one favoured habitat for them is older Eucalyptus Prioriana; they bore into trunk or limbs and hollow them out; they seem to be nectar feeders, but they’re always at something, and it doesn’t appear that they carry anything away with them in their jaws (except their eggs); a favourite food appears to be the stringy bits of bananas. the two miniscule aphids on the right are an extra puzzle to this, but they identify the bug at an earlier stage ( see – 1108 early quasi aphids & E.ovata 6650.jpg) apart from devouring several of the leaves of their host plant, i don’t know what the so called aphids do.

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  1108 early quasi aphids & E.ovata 6650
  by IUNUUS

  this shot of these tiny insects helped me to identify a later form of the same. / (see – 1108 whiskered ants & quasi aphids 6790.JPG).