myrmepropagandist on Nostr: At last some "ant action" on CPBD today. The first plant he looks at with the huge ...

At last some "ant action" on CPBD today. The first plant he looks at with the huge strange flowers has extra floral nectaries and there were some ants using them. I couldn't see them long enough to tell if they were Crematogaster or something else. I wonder why that plant is recruiting ants?

It's amazing how many different insects one plant can have special relationships with. Ants to defend your stems, bees to pollinate in the day, bats at night...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjuceVgGD4M