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FORMICIDAE (ants)

Date: 16 August 1975
OS grid ref: SU94
Lat/Lon: 51° 10' N, 0° 40' W
Location: Vice County: Surrey, VC17, England
Stage or state: Imago
Record Summary: Ants tending aphid colony on pine shoot. The ants have protected the aphids with a layer of debris.

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