Sample list of food plants frm Cincinatti Zoo

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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Sample list of food plants frm Cincinatti Zoo

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Mon May 30, 2016 7:50 pm

Fungal substrate plants frequently used for rearing Atta at the Insectarium. Usage is based on high acceptability to the ants and ready availability on Zoo grounds; many other plant species are also used less frequently.

Border Privet, Ligustrum obtusifolium (Oleaceae)
Euonymous, Euonymous species (Celanstraceae)
Forsythia flowers, Forsythia species/cultivars (Oleaceae)
Foxgrape, Vitis labrusca (Vitaceae)
Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa (Bignoniaceae)
Red Mulberry, Morus rubra (Moraceae)
Tree-of-Heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae)
Viburnum, Viburnum species/cultivars (Caprifoliaceae)
Willow, Salix species (Salicaceae)

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