Re: fire ants
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 22 Nov 1993 09:26:17 +0800
>>Also, I have one Nepenthes, N. kampotianna, outside which is an
>>absolute magnet for fire ants. Pitchers will fill up with fire ants
>>even in the absence of obvious nests in the area. The pitchers stop
>>trapping ants only when they are so full the ants can climb back onto
>>the peristome. The little beasties get S**t-faced too, because you
>>can poke at them without any swarming response.
Maybe someone should sell Extract of Nepenthe, in a fire
extinguisher, as a sort of "ant-away" for when people
disturb their nests....
R.