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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: wisconsin
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any idea what these could be? they were swarming around the only tomato plant i got in the dirt, which is the one that has the problem with yellow shoulders, flying ants? or some kind of little bee maybe? thanks-tom
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Southeastern PA
Posts: 1,420
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I would say flying ants. They do that when they swarm to find a new home. Probably no problem for the tomato plant.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
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Unless they are farming aphids.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC
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May also be subterranean termites, if you have them in your area. I see them take flight every year at around the third week of Sept, here, often after rain ending a dry spell. Crows will sit at the holes where they emerge and pick them off as they come out of the ground.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Look like wee sugar ants to me.
Lord forbid they are fire ants. ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
Posts: 2,000
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They look like flying ants to me. GO CROWS !!! |
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