Plant identification thread.

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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Plant identification thread.

Post by Deansie26 » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:37 pm

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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:38 pm

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Post by Britishants.com » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:54 pm

Can't ID the last, asked one of my groups with no luck yet!
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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:17 pm

Britishants.com wrote:Can't ID the last, asked one of my groups with no luck yet!
Would any specific pictures help Sean?
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Post by Britishants.com » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:04 pm

I'm afraid not, that ones a mystery! :)
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Post by Jackie62 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:08 pm

Looks like elder to me
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:58 pm

Elder I think. We used that recently also with mixed success. It was one of the first trees in leaf up here. The big colonies munched it and the small ones picked away!!
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