Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
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Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
Where I keep the ants, in my house in Trinidad, there is a tree growing outside the window. Every year we chop it down but I have just discovered the ants absolutely love it and I used this as a staple diet for the ants on many occasions over in Trinidad.
and here are the leaves on the tubs...
I have no idea what it is but I use it every time. Thought it was interesting.
and here are the leaves on the tubs...
I have no idea what it is but I use it every time. Thought it was interesting.
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
that looks to me to be Cedrela odorata or a similar species
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
althogh i am now having doubts, they have even pinnate leaves so should be easy to narrow it down
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
ok so its even pennate, and most probable a type of Fabaceae, an idea on flowers or size that would help a lot
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
does it have seed posts like a pea pod if so that would put it in the pea (Fabaceae) family maybe some sort of acacia
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
It look like Senna sulfurea. My Atta Cephalotes colony love it as well.
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
Leaves are wrong shape for Senna sulfurea, and its a fast growing tree, not a shrub/ bush. But thats a good addition to the acceptable foods database.
Fantastic suggestions in general here.
Fantastic suggestions in general here.
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Palo Brea tree
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Re: Dont know what this is but the ants love it!!
This plant has even cropped up in a pc game i play set in S.America
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