Re: OT: ants
From: "Mark Cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> >Except for their activities in bringing various sucking insects to
plants,
> >ants are not a threat to irises or other plant life.
>
> I divided a clump of AUTUMN BUGLER last week and one of the rhizomes was
> over 50% eaten......and was infested with ants. Perhaps another critter
> did the damage, but the ants were raising some of their eggs in there.
Dennis,
When felling some sickly blackjack oaks, I found fire ants well up in
the trunk. Of course some other critter could have made the original hole,
but they were there.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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