billevans on sun 11 nov 01

..was watering the yard today( 75F/24C ) flooded an area of ground, cam e
back later to find hundreds, if not thousands, of Argentine Ants stuck to
the underside of the leaves of some juvenile sucker growth( aprox 5 feet
high)... this is characteristic of the Paulownia genus- the juvenile growth
being highly pubescent( hairy and sticky), but I didn't think it was strong
enuf to stick the Argentine Ant( an alien pest:<).... ants in general being
so strong for their size.

bill evans
sandiego county,california
http://www.forest-bird.org.nz/Biosecurity/ArgentineAnt.asp

Amy of Marvelous Gardens on sun 11 nov 01

Wow Bille, you must begin packing up these leaves and selling them.
;-D

> .was watering the yard today( 75F/24C ) flooded an area of ground, cam e
> back later to find hundreds, if not thousands, of Argentine Ants stuck to
> the underside of the leaves of some juvenile sucker growth( aprox 5 feet
> high)... this is characteristic of the Paulownia genus- the juvenile
growth
> being highly pubescent( hairy and sticky), but I didn't think it was
strong
> enuf to stick the Argentine Ant( an alien pest:<).... ants in general
being

billevans on mon 12 nov 01

I think there's already enuf tanglefoot/sticky traps on the market... true
this is natural,,, see more promise in folks interecroppping P. w/ plants
that don't do so well w/ the Argentine ant around....like citrus that can be
plagued w/ scale and aphids<<<< farmed by the A. ANt*.
bille

!

Dear Bill

What about collecting Pawlonia leaves and extracting the sticky stuff
Subject: ants R stuck!

Kevin Chisholm on mon 12 nov 01

Dear Bil

OK... soundslike a better approach

Kevin

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