Re: Non Aroid but Ants

From: BIHOREL at cris.com (Christian Feuillet) on 1997.01.08 at 00:15:41(59) >At 9:22 PM -0600 1/02/97, Roy Herold wrote: >> in the middle of winter in Zone 5, and.... a big Arisaema triphyllum seed >>head ...was swarming with ants... I certainly didn't expect to find them +More >>doing it in mid-winter<<<< > >Do you have the Christmas blooming >*Helleborus niger 'Praecox'* in flower? If so, you'll see them there as >well, on any day that the temperature is 40 (F) or higher. They are the >reliable pollinators of the very early and very late blooming Hellebore >and have been up and about here (Ithaca, Zone IVB) pretty much until the >bitter cold snap of December 30th. > >>>> There must be something pretty potent in the fruit that attracts >>>>them.<<<<<< > >Something in my kitchen, too. Usually they have the tact >to hold off until a February thaw. > >Nina Lambert >Ithaca, N.Y. My ants do not have any tact at all, and do not limit themselves to any room. How much for the anteater in the window? ,--- \\/ ~ ~ \// ( @ @ ) -----oOOo-- (_) --oOOo----------------------- | | | Christian FEUILLET | | | | 11400 Hennessey Dr. | BIHOREL@cris.com | | Beltsville MD 20705 | (301) 937 9197 | | | | TROPICS GENEALOGY CATS FRANCE PLANTS ... | |_____________________________________________|

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