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Beneath rock.
Aphid observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203694993

Farming aphids!!! On the underside of a log, in my neighbor's woodpile.

Ants tending to white aphids on the root of a mint plant. Found underneath a rock.

An ant tending to aphids sucking fluids out of a mint root.

Flipped over a rock - these guys had a nest underneath

Colony found on short, steep hill under a tree herding cattle.

Not sure if this was predation or just defense, but they did bring a larva right up to the centipede.

tending aphids (separate observation)

Ants observed in forested region underneath fallen wood in leaf litter

discovered quite a scene when I pulled up this dandelion root. Would greatly appreciate any insight about what's going on here!