Tx 8b4c7c694877faea3831d8c0d8c18d3e5097170a@42137046
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42,137,046
at 2020-03-31 19:07:48 (UTC)
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expiration | 2020-03-31 19:17:42 |
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parent_permlink | ruthphotostories |
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author | ruth-girl |
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permlink | playing-with-the-camera-into-the-world-of-aphids |
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title | "Playing with the camera: Into the world of aphids!" |
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body | "I was taking a walk in the garden a couple of days ago trying to find something interesting to shoot...
I passed by a rose plant and saw that the aphid colony had come back ready to feast on my roses!
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![ruth-girl aphids (1).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVR1sSKezpbjdA32UY6qg9G32zSkbN3wWWB6dDJwzDCYr/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(1).JPG)
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I love looking at them, so tiny, creepy creatures.
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![ruth-girl aphids (4).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVNdNhFq8krp3o1ZLXjYG8iPZqeWyd2BmamfYXNQXebwQ/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(4).JPG)
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I already knew a lot of interesting facts about them, that they they make nice delicacies for ladybugs...
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![ruth-girl aphids (2).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmePZXbj9a3gGhaX2gtpabvSuakZUEopDpciMAcvZ4Nxqn/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(2).JPG)
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Or that they excess a nutritious substance from their very very small butts, a substance that ants drink *(yes, from the aphids' anus)*.
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![ruth-girl aphids (7).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdB2w3cFJqmBECAySckxnBBcaANdNz3TJnL23BQ6bFPJb/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(7).JPG)
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I also knew that some ants act like *shepherds* that breed and take aphids under their protection from predators in exchange for this tasty butt juice...
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![ruth-girl aphids (3).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTrp76wYrJrdjX9XiuYVJwCby7n3ETQsaNsz6vsUZFmbX/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(3).JPG)
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This time I learnt that some female aphids grow wings to help move from one plant to another in order to start a new colony.
And even though there male aphids, the species can reproduce asexually as well by one female laying... clones of herself...
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![ruth-girl aphids (6).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmedDNLLXma29VjmcN2SnPVhNCmBQeEcq4tPaFRXk8KJnw/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(6).JPG)
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Just as this lady is doing here!
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![ruth-girl aphids (8).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaHGZ7L7kzA3vjEcHSrd73jdzZKQD2t7HX8jqQGV4e1ZQ/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(8).JPG)
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#### You done with your bugs yet?
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![ruth-girl aphids (9).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQcrBksH7euJQ88hS4cRmYrbysHqAvzQ5QJxDY9fHgusN/ruth-girl%20aphids%20(9).JPG)
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#### It's time for my meal!!
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https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BBAkFzemlwI/XnUM7P-wxbI/AAAAAAAAbj8/5KdhZy7PUqM2DhgLenvIIce2eS1QB9SXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/content%2Bby%2Bruth-girl%2BHIVE.png
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<sup> *Original content by @ruth-girl - 2020 - All rights reserved* </sup>
<sup> *Originally posted on [HIVE](https://hive.blog/ruthphotostories/@ruth-girl/playing-with-the-camera-into-the-world-of-aphids), also shared on my [Whaleshares]() and [Steemit]() blogs* </sup>" |
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