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Note: This post is not for the squeamish. It all started when I noticed rover ants in a flower. It wasn’t just any old flower, though. Ever seen one of these? Commonly called carrion flowers or African starfish flowers, plants in the Genus Stapelia are low-growing (only 8 to 12 inches high), succulent perennials. They mainly grow in [...] I was surprised to see these rover ants tending oleander aphids on this milkweed vine. The adult aphids are bigger that the ants. Midwife? Hi, I have a colony of miniscule black ants living in a large potted Jade plant which I keep on my kitchen counter in the winter and outside in the summer. I let them live inside for the last 2 winters because they’re miniscule, and aren’t at all invasive in terms of getting into food and [...] |
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