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To celebrate a bout of spring fever, let’s take a look at ants around the Internet. Although we don’t often think about it, rain from those April showers is a real hazard to insects as this photograph shows. Now I like ants, but I think this guy, who decorated his car with ants, is taking things a [...] Have you ever heard a gardener comment, “Spurge plants always have ants,” and wondered if it was true? I admit searching ground spurge (Chamaesyce prostrata) for ants when I find the weeds, and I am often rewarded. Ants are attracted to spurge seeds (previous post), but is there more to the story? Let’s take a look [...] Yesterday’s general post about seed dispersal by ants reminded me of a specific example in my own yard. These tiny seedlings started to germinate in the soil around a Solenopsis xyloni nest. It didn’t take too long to figure out the plants were ground spurge, Chamaesyce prostrata. Another common name is sandmat. Ground spurge is a native [...] Imagine you are a plant. You sit all day, not going anywhere, just growing and changing. You make a flower and eventually some seeds. Then you realize that if you simply drop those seeds in your shade, they won’t be able to grow. How are you going to get your seeds to someplace where they [...] |
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