Britishants food recommendations.

What you feed, where you get it from, basically we will build up a comrehensive list of suitable plants to feed Leaf Cutters. Also in temperate countries, what do you feed them in the Winter?
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Post by Daubz1977 » Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:39 pm

I dont get why they should be so bothered, it grows like....well privet, they are only going to cut it back themselves several times during the growing season, some people just like to moan i suppose. I do know a few things that could be said none of which are very polite and maybe a little confrontational.
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Polyrhachis dives
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Camponotus barbaricus
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:00 pm

I think some of them are of the opinion that its private, not privet.

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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:11 pm

I knocked on a women's 4x4 as she was coming out the drive to ask if I could have some of her Aucuba, she was like" yeah whatever, help yourself" I take it from the street as I'm passing and people give me right evils but say nothing! I'd tell them to wind their decking neck in to be honest! :D

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Post by Andyj » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:36 am

Did you know that crushed laurel ie Aucuba can be used as a euthanasia in a confined space to kill butterflies before pinning...Also check the periwinkle below...

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Post by Deansie26 » Sat Apr 02, 2016 8:19 am

My wife gets mortified when I ask her to pull over at the bush for a raid, I can see her sliding under the steering wheel. I'm not phased now but I was at the start of my leaf crime career lol.

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Post by Daubz1977 » Sat Apr 02, 2016 8:49 am

i do most of my raiding at night whilst walking my dog, people seem less willing to be abusive when you have a 6 stone bull terrier with you :lol:
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Polyrhachis dives
Camponotus cruentatus
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Camponotus barbaricus
Formica cunicularia
Messor barbarus
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:45 am

Deansie26 wrote:My wife gets mortified when I ask her to pull over at the bush for a raid, I can see her sliding under the steering wheel.
Not sure what it is but there is something deeply disturbing about that statement, Jamie!

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Post by Deansie26 » Sat Apr 02, 2016 3:22 pm

Acromyrmexbob wrote:
Deansie26 wrote:My wife gets mortified when I ask her to pull over at the bush for a raid, I can see her sliding under the steering wheel.
Not sure what it is but there is something deeply disturbing about that statement, Jamie!
Just your dirty mind :lol:
Read it to my wife and she was laughing lol,

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Post by Britishants.com » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:35 am

Dogging and leafcutting, now that's multi tasking! :)

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Post by Andyj » Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:35 pm

Andyj wrote:Did you know that crushed laurel ie Aucuba can be used as a euthanasia in a confined space to kill butterflies before pinning...
Just need to put this right as i was wrong,,,shame on me. Spotted laurel Aucuba is a different genus from yer normal laurel which is Prunus so is safe,,,as you probably all know anyway :roll: So has anyone tried wild laurel?

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