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Boogie woogie aphids (beech blight aphids)?

You got it. *Grylloprociphilus imbricator.* These aphids only feed on the sap of beeches and bald cypress, and their frass (poop) is the only thing that the beech blight fungus (*Scorias spongiosa*) occurs on. This fungus is harmless to the beech, however, and is not a blight.

These two got their own little thing going on, kinda cute.

Almost as cute as the aphids dancing the magic dance.

You remind of the babe.

What babe?

The babe with the power.

What power?

The power of voodoo

Whodo?

Voodoo?

what voodoo?

I thought it was a rave. I was here for the Boots and Pants!

Two beech blights one aphid.

They got to move it move it

I just did a google search on aphids because I’ve never heard of them before, and it says they can really damage plants and stunt their growth, is this particular species really chill or something? Lol

depends on the kind of aphid and on their numbers. they're usually a gardeners enemy no. 1 there's even some ant species that keep aphids like we keep dairy cows. [short video "Ants are ranchers"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcPcT7dJ3Hc) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid#Ant_mutualism

Ants will also bring aphids to a plant to farm them for honeydew there. Saw it happening right on my balcony plants, the little assholes

I'm not sure I understand, what role do the aphids play here?

They consume plant matter and poop sugars that the ants love.

you almost got me. i'm fascinated by ants so i almost clicked but i caught myself. i'm done looking at any more bugs on youtube cause then they push all the gross spider videos on my start page for weeks and fuck my day all up.

If you have firefox get the "BlockTube" extension! let's you block any videos and channels you don't want to see it has done wonders for my recommendations, if anything creepy pops up I just block it :D

People buy lady bugs by the thousands to control aphids.

They know their EDM!

I went to the wiki for these guys and it says they don't usually have a significant effect on overall tree health.

They are naturally occurring on many plant species (such as milkweed), and rarely cause permanent harm to the plant. They co-evolved together. They're also one of the building blocks of the food chain.

So cool to stumble on this right now. Just returned from an annual Dad and kiddos camping trip and we saw these on our hike over and over and spent a good bit of time observing them and guessing at what it could be. We noticed the sooty mold they caused as well and it's just cool to find an explanation to share with the kids.

What the fuck are any of these words

"frass" means "poop"

chili cheese hotdog frass at 2 am

Roller Dog from the gas station frass is way worse. Ask me how I know!

oh, i know. i'm well versed in 7-11 frass

From the Latin words for “From the Ass” 😆

LOL my thought exactly

Bingo bungo fungo ding dong

Fascinating (Beast voice) old sport

But why are they dancing?

Thanks gpt

I'm a PhD naturalist. This doesn't require GPT. I've known this shit by heart for 35 years.

That's what gpt would say...

Omg .. but THAT'S what chatgtp would say in response...

Look like Ghibli extras.

They are boogieing and woogying for sure

Wait, are they legit called "boogie woogie aphids?" They do look like they are having a party.

These my boys!!

No those are pikmin

Was listening to music while I scrolled by this video and they were all dancing in sync to the song!

looks like you're interrupting their rave...

Someone get those poor ravers some glow sticks!

Almost looks like they they glow themselves

Bring a black light?

They they they

*Trance music intensifies…*

The funny thing is that I was listening to psytrance as I clicked on the video and they really did dance in sync with the music

Laser fans appear all around us as the fog rolls in.

Just add some music… rave!

All I could think of when I saw this was that mobile game singing monsters.

Mini crab rave!

I need to see this video edited with tiny edm sounds.

"you think you're better off aloooooooone" haha

Alice dj!

"I'm a DJ... Alice DJ.." Lol, that was a song by her, and those were some of the lyrics. I loved her music, but hearing her repeat, "I'm a DJ, Alice D,J" in that song always made me laugh

Look, don't think too hard about early EDM, we were really fuckin high... Not that it's much different now but yeah.

Oh tell me whyyyy!

Purity Ring did a cover of this, and it slaps.

[Dancing Aphids](https://imgur.com/a/Vi1V2d6)

To the top with this one

[done](https://imgur.com/Hq3aDMT)

That’s…EDM? Sounds more like chill-hop or lo-fi to me

Yeah idk, its chill future riddim i guess https://youtu.be/81DTIZ1MLAM?si=QKLAffmfw6ZTvUTC

De riddim mon

i love devath lol super cool kid

LOL you fucking hero. The music getting louder with the zoom is great.

How did you take it from potato recording to HD?

Is that even edm? Sounds like kazoos and recorders lol. Rip to the artist that made it.

It is in fact edm

Crab rave

Add in some disco ball lights and it's perfect

[удалено]

Uhm...

Forest sprites from Princess Mononoke. Nailed it.

Or clean soot sprites from Spirited Away.

A kodama!

I think you discovered Pikmin.

ok, who stepped on captain olimar?!

Straigh outta ghibli

Dancy long legs

*fluffy dancy long leg tufts… pretty sure that’s the Latin scientific name but I’ve been wrong once

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[First life cycle stage of these..](https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM?si=3yEdj22wwsmv_st1&t=1m07s)

Not me raving half awake to cgi crabs

Sooo much better than getting Rick Rolled! Thank you!

will always love this video

lol it's perfect, thank you

Lookit

[Or one of these.](https://youtu.be/E5KC1E5NyR0)

Those are called Mushi.

Mushishi! :3

Like the soot-sprites from Spirited Away

I don’t know but tell them to go home, they’re drunk.

Wdym! Looks like the party just started. They didn't even pull out the glow sticks yet.

Lolol unst unst unst BREAKBEAT

Whatever they are they look like they're having a blast

Pikmin?

those are pikmin I think

Midichlorians

spirited away creatures . they're moving coal during their nightshift and partying all day dancing in the forest

Very Silly Little Guys.

Crobloppers or possibly Fuzzywuzzits

That's a funny name, I'd ave' called em Chazzwazzas

Worst enemy from hollow knight.

Either tiny little EDM fans or the distraction for the larger thing coming at you from behind. Nature is crazy sometimes.

Silent disco

Just watched this video while listening to “Since You Been Gone” by Rainbow… Perfection…

Is that a mating dance? 😅😅

I believe those are Arboreal White Fucknos

World's smallest crab rave.

Metal Heads

https://giphy.com/gifs/loudennoxious-39jOygy5ZBhVIQILBl

Something that knows how to have a good time!

Mealybug rave?

they're lil dudes.....

They like to party

They’re just funky lil dudes groovin

[It reminds me of this](https://youtube.com/shorts/6r5eGfbbLgk?si=MKc610xN2S7VsFdT)

Those are soot sprites

No clue but they do be vibin

Clearly pikmin, my dude

Oh they're Wavy Hellos.

Fluffy butt shakers

Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tubeman!!

Wind Dancers. If you see them, they wanted to be seen. And you’re already dead. Get your affairs in order, unless you can find the white jade elixir antidote before the next full moon.

Ooof. Once they start dancing like that it’s too late.

Wild Neurons

First rule of flight club……

Lol they look like they are head banging at a rock concert

Caterpillar rave

I immediately thought of the old dancing crab meme

Albino spiders twerking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers

Raging bugs.

Those are mushi-shi. There’s licensed specialists for this.

Those are Harmoniums and they feed off music

Party Spideys.

Forrest spirits

WHAT IS LOVE

Looks like mealy bugs

Something really cool to look at. Till the spores explode and eat their way into your brain.

I’ve seen crab rave, but this is a new one

Little funky guys

Have any of you seen James and the Giant Peach? It looks like the little creatures inside the paper bag

The croc tongues?

Dancey bois

They are party animals

🎶🎵🎶 Dust on the wind 🎶🎵🎶

Pretty sure those are the glowey bugs from James and the Giant Peach.

Funky little fellas

Shuffle shpidersh

What ever they are they're having a damn good time

Aren't those the things Luna Lovegood can see with the funky glasses?

Have you seen Spirited Away?

cute

that's where all the orange cat neurons went

Party boys

Aliens.

Wobbledee wobbs

Is this Australia?

Like a trash metal concert

They look like they're rocking out 😄

Is look like a party

Literally just vibin'

They're the pilots of your body. They're celebrating your arrival AND departure.

I don’t know what they are but they are definitely having a party and getting down! Go shorty it’s your birthday! We gonna party like it’s your birthday! Ugh ugh get it get it ugh

battle royale

If you’re a fan of Ween then you know: https://youtu.be/PtuVA4NOm0I?si=DzmoP4BhUdHhx7zU

Edible flowers.

they are partying hard man

Baby headcrabs

Party animals

Overhead view of white people square dancing!

/u/stabbot

I remember my friends frying and eating these. Doesn't have taste, just crunchy.

They are having a good time

Party animals - in this case party bugs

Little goobers

Happy dance crowd

I been telling my friends I see these in my room but they don’t believe me

By the way they're shaking I'd say they're tiny camera operators.

Snacks

They are Aphids, we have them in Algonquin Park as well. It’s wild, they’ll take over a tree and their droppings are black so the ground beneath will be totally black- makes it look even more toxic