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My area used to be abundant with ants but now with the addition of new subdivisions and the like on my street, more rich-*** snobs are using more ant deterrents, and I believe as a result that the ants are disappearing. This happens to be hindering my current project, building an ant farm out of...
What can you grow in a zone 5-6 outdoor bog garden? I grow almost all Sarracenia species and some hybrids outside and Venus flytraps. Icurrently use pine boughs for protection. Has any one else used a synthetic material and ant thoughts about adding Darlingtonia , Utrics or Heliamphora?
Thanks
Well, first Hamata is here. from Pyro, i was surprised to see it had a basal! i went ahead and seperated it as the basal itself was already forming a couple of roots, but the roots were rather small. Oh well, i havent failed in rooting a cutting yet, so ill just treat it like a cutting. They are...
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Hey everybody!
I have some extra (~30) young N. mirabilis plants (recently potted in groups of 3) that need to find good homes. All have been grown from seed that was donated to the ICPS so along with the plants comes some...
So I was cleaning out my kitchen cupboards today when I decided to throw away a box of ginseng extract that seemed to have been attracting ants. I removed the last few bottles and went to dump the ants out over my Neps when I noticed that they were tending eggs! I think I spotted a queen in...
Ant trouble--Pictures!
I have an ant problem:
I need to get rid of these pests! I know, there are gonna be some people out there who say that "there cool, don't kill them," and I agree, I've had lots of fun whatcing them, especally there realationship with the predators in my artificial...
I thought it would be cool to make a list of bugs and where and how to catch them. So here's what I know about where bugs are and how to catch them so far:
Fly: Where- They live outside but can get inside and like dog leavings and garbage.
How to get- A net, jar, or even a plastic bag on...
Here is a list of members of this forum, in order of the CP's they have. I used the growlists to determine this, and only growlists which have been updated this year (2008) as well as growlists of people I have personally seen on this site over the past week. How it works: the blue number is...
I'm looking for an easy cool looking ant plant (either Lecanopteris or Hydnophytum). The plant would have to be able to grow with lowlanders though. PM me and lets talk.
Or know where I can get a thing called Hydrostone in the US?
Its called Ytong in europe or Hydrostone. In the US its called Aerated Concrete I believe, but I cant find any place that sells it, I just need a few blocks, or slabs! Its used in construction, and all they want to do is sell me...
The monsoon isn't over, it rains often. Revisiting the giant ampullaria territory and explore another area.
N.ampullaria "Hot lips" were common and were as huge as the giant green form. The amp., varieties are growing among hookeriana, raff, but not many gracilis and mirabilis.
green form...
Just an emial I recently recieved and thought was funny...:-))
ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You...
Hey all!
My D. pectinoides (vining ant plant) just recently seeded, so...
i was wondering if anyone wants some! there are around 45...im really looking for Dischidia major/rafflesiana btw...
Send me your best offers! :)
Frankie
I totaly got like 3 sweeet books for x-mas.
My favorite, is Pheidole in the New World, A dominant, Hyperdeverse Ant Genus By E. O. Wilson!
And The encyclopedia of Insects by Vincent H, Resh, Ring T. Carde!
and
The Bees of The World Second Edition by Charles D. Michener!
I got 3 months of...
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