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Re: Non Aroid but Ants
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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
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>>doing it in mid-winter<<<<
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>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.
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>>>> There must be something pretty potent in the fruit that attracts
>>>>them.<<<<<<
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>Something in my kitchen, too. Usually they have the tact
>to hold off until a February thaw.
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>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?
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