5 Sisters Zoo

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Re: 5 Sisters Zoo

Post by Deansie26 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:34 pm

So as we have a year pass for this place so I've got to pop into see their colony when I visit, today I noticed a funny development, while walking round to the front door of the building where they are housed my boy pointed out an ant on the path, I looked closer and it was Atta? I noticed there was quite a lot, they had infact made a route out from the corner of the building-across a path to a near by waste land with plants, trees etc and where actually foraging!! Amazing lol. I wanted to speak to a member of staff to see if they knew about this but couldn't see anyone.
Excuse my toddlers -)




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Re: 5 Sisters Zoo

Post by RichardP » Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:10 pm

Ha.. that is brilliant.... :)

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Re: 5 Sisters Zoo

Post by Andyj » Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:50 am

Did you notice what they were cutting ? love to have seen that. :)

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:03 am

Yes I have been asked to go to the zoo this weekend to look at where they are escaping and find ways to prevent it. Always great to see leaf cutters doing their thing. When you start to worry is when they decide to move house!

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Re: 5 Sisters Zoo

Post by Jackie62 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:53 am

And of course being a non-native species they will not be welcome in the vicinity!!

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:26 pm

To be honest I have had a couple of colonies, quite a few years ago, that spent each summer pruning all of the trees around the hut they lived in. Although it could be argued (correctly) that this was irresponsible, the sight of a trail of leaf carrying ants crossing the lawn was mesmerising and I used to sit for hours and watch them. Last year I checked around the back of my ant room and although I never found the culprit, there was a bramble plant that was completely decimated and the telltale circles were removed from all of the leaves. Fascinating.

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