Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Leafcutter wrote:I gave Rhododendron leaves to my colony when it was small and they seemed fine with it.

Yeh I've had some success with them to, no where near as hard as holly leaves though, there solid! lol

Interesting, thats been my experience yet Blair Drummond are giving theirs a choice and they choose the Holly. Might be a variety issue, this one may have soft leaves.

Well got home from nightshift and the ants had takes a fair bit of the green holly I'd boiled. This is definitely worth investigating

I know this is like listening to something from a cookery show but what about blanching? ie Boil a kettle and once its boiled dip the branch into the water for 10 seconds. See what happens.

My atta have taken holly before. They much preferred the soft new leaves and didn't really go for any leaves that were old and tough.