Atta accepted first plants!

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Post by JPSMedeiros » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:15 pm

Hibiscus is very pretty and they love the petals, they are devouring one big petal a day.

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Post by JPSMedeiros » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:21 pm

new video update:


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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:26 pm

So how long is it since the first ants emerged?

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Post by Britishants.com » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:27 pm

Andyj wrote:They look good and do you know what the leaf with the fronds is? It looks like what Andrew feeds his ants on in Trinidad viewtopic.php?f=14&t=908
Mimosa aka sensitive plant! ;)

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:47 pm

Yes, one in the film here is Mimosa, but the one I use in Trinidad is a 60foot tree!

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Post by JPSMedeiros » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:57 pm

I captured them day 11-07-16 and the first workers eclosed day 01-09-17, so it's around 2 months until workers.

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Post by ben31 » Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:44 pm

Acromyrmexbob wrote:
JPSMedeiros wrote:I don't know the name, it's used to make hedges here. They accepted it once but they prefer the Hibiscus.
That would be a good one to I'd and grow. I will definitely be bringing this back at Easter
looks to me like
Cedrela odorata or at least one of the cedrela which would tie as they are known as spanish cedar and used as hedgerows on the continent (i knew i studied horticulture for a reason at school) they are also foud in the caribean

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