Re: Anoles again

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Anoles again
• From: Donna g*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:49:49 -0700 (PDT)
• In-reply-to: 5a6bef2c700f9898153322ed05aa908e@verizon.net

Food Chain Jim... nature at it's best :)

Donna

--- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:

> I was cutting old leaves off the giant bird of
> paradise so I could take 
> an unobstructed picture of a stem of blooms. When I
> ripped off an old 
> leaf sheath, I uncovered an ant nest. Bird flowers
> exude sweet, sticky 
> stuff and I think the ants accept that as payment
> for pollinating the 
> flowers. Anyway, suddenly there a zillion ants
> running every which way, 
> and I started to go get a sprayer. But then just as
> suddenly, there 
> were anoles everywhere eating ants. I noticed that
> the anoles seemed to 
> favor the ants that were carrying eggs--two for one,
> I guess. In all, 
> it took about 10 minutes before all the ants were
> either eaten or 
> safely hiding somewhere. Was really interesting to
> watch--the baby 
> anoles were just as aggressive as the adults.
> 
> 
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> 
>
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