Comments on: Day Shot~Busy Insects http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.com/2008/05/15/day-shotbusy-insects/ Photography by Preston & Anna Surface of animals, art, farm scenes, Kansas, landscapes, nature, people, and still life. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Anna Surface http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.com/2008/05/15/day-shotbusy-insects/#comment-970 Anna Surface Sat, 17 May 2008 13:26:22 +0000 http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.wordpress.com/?p=1127#comment-970 You know, ants are great for eating up aphids, plant lice, and fleas too. So maybe ants are multi-purpose in the plant and animal kingdom. Our peonies are late in blooming, as with other flowers because of the long and severe cold we had. The ants are helping though. :) Thanks for commenting and stopping by, townie. :) You know, ants are great for eating up aphids, plant lice, and fleas too. So maybe ants are multi-purpose in the plant and animal kingdom.

Our peonies are late in blooming, as with other flowers because of the long and severe cold we had. The ants are helping though. :)

Thanks for commenting and stopping by, townie. :)

]]> By: townie http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.com/2008/05/15/day-shotbusy-insects/#comment-968 townie Sat, 17 May 2008 09:56:23 +0000 http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.wordpress.com/?p=1127#comment-968 I'm so glad I came across this entry, I have pink peonies in my back garden and every year I wondered why the buds were covered in ants, I always thought they kept it free of aphids... but now I know the real reason, thanks Anna :) I’m so glad I came across this entry, I have pink peonies in my back garden and every year I wondered why the buds were covered in ants, I always thought they kept it free of aphids… but now I know the real reason, thanks Anna :)

]]> By: Anna Surface http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.com/2008/05/15/day-shotbusy-insects/#comment-951 Anna Surface Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:41 +0000 http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.wordpress.com/?p=1127#comment-951 Long ago, an old and wizened woman (everyone had called her Gram) told me about the ants and peonies. My peonies are swarming in ants too. :) Long ago, an old and wizened woman (everyone had called her Gram) told me about the ants and peonies. My peonies are swarming in ants too. :)

]]> By: Bo http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.com/2008/05/15/day-shotbusy-insects/#comment-949 Bo Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:08 +0000 http://surfaceandsurfacephotography.wordpress.com/?p=1127#comment-949 Is that true about ants? Really? My peonies are swarming in ants. Is that true about ants? Really? My peonies are swarming in ants.

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