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Nepenthes albomarginata tend to trap more termites than ants if according to this journal.
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/88/2/307.pdf
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« Reply #1 on May 24, 2007, 9:33am » The first picture, is it the Penang red form? Second one from where? N. albomarginatas are one of my favourite neps.
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« Reply #2 on May 24, 2007, 9:42am » Does the article imply that that n.albo will attract termites to your house ? I wonder......house infested with termites or n.albo ? Mmmm....decisions decisions.
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« Reply #3 on May 24, 2007, 9:42am » All from Penang Island.
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« Reply #4 on Jun 20, 2007, 10:27am »
Quote:Does the article imply that that n.albo will attract termites to your house ? I wonder......house infested with termites or n.albo ? Mmmm....decisions decisions.

Today I'm going thru some older posts and I saw your comments.

I think I understand that albo doesn't attract termites to your house but instead it attracts what is around the surroundings. If your house has termites, it will be the first to be attracted to the pitcher's white ring. Ants and terminates will be attracted to eat the tissues on the white ring and some will fall into the cup and R.I.P. If you see that some cups does not have white rings anymore, it means that it has alot of insects inside the cup.

This is the only nep (if not mistaken) that sacrifices its tissue(from the white ring) to attract insects.

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« Reply #5 on Jun 20, 2007, 10:49am » Interesting Isaac. Coincidentally, all my outer white rings for my albo are gone ! but i did not check the pitchers yet....
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