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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 Acromyrmexbob » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:15 pm

Sean, you have shamed me into spending some time going through my feeding lists:

Raspberry Leaves
Oak
Virtually any deciduous tree
Dandelion
Colocasia esculenta
Alocasia spp
Baleria
Hibiscus
Virtually any flower
hawthorn
kibbled maize
lentils
grape leaves
black and green grapes
peanut shells
grapefruit skins
Mango leaves
Cashew leaves
spinach
cooked sweet corn
rabbit pellets
new growth rhododendron leaves

I will expand on this some more as I dig out my notes.

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Post by zoeytolboom » Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:39 pm

Wow Thanks Antlover.

Take care! :D

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Post by Atta solider » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:47 pm

Just went got spinach now I'll try that

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Post by Deansie26 » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:53 pm

I tried spinach but they didn't like it but then again my first Acromyrmex colony loved cauliflour leaves and my current colony won't touch them.
One thing I have noticed is they will take cabbage now but wouldn't when the colony was smaller, must be the worker size as I'm sure has been mentioned.

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Post by Atta solider » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:21 am

Mine been funny not cutting leaves so I've had to put privet leaves on the fungus for them they been very lazy lol cutting :(

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Post by Atta solider » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:27 am

Wish I had leaves from were they love in Wild lol

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