Re: Ants in the VFT

From: John H. Phillips III (phillips@library.ucsf.edu)
Date: Thu May 15 1997 - 16:54:26 PDT


Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:54:26 +0800
From: "John H. Phillips III" <phillips@library.ucsf.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1944$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Ants in the VFT

At 08:16 AM 5/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi Sara, I'm curious about something. Were the ants attracted to the VFT
>>and ended up in the traps? Or the soil as a new home? Or the VFT as a new
>>grazing ground to take their aphids to? The answer to foiling the ants
>>might lie in discovering exactly what they were after.
>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>John H. Phillips III e-mail:phillips@library.ucsf.edu
>
>
>John, to be gruesomely honest, I think the ants were attracted to
>decomposing slugs in the traps. I was feeding them as per instructions
>from THIS list!
>
>Sara in Grants Pass, Oregon
>
Hi Sara, Your note made me laugh. ;-) After the slugs are no more, bring
the VFTs back inside and feed them small insects. This should prevent the
return of the ants, or any VFT indigestion.
Happy growing,
John H. Phillips III e-mail:phillips@library.ucsf.edu
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