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lpatelski
07-07-2013, 03:59 PM
What loves your bananas besides you?
So far as our bananas have flowered, The Anoles and hummingbirds are going crazy over the sweet sticky juice oozing out of the flowers.

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/ea3f913f-eb14-4bfe-9925-764dbf44171a.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/ea3f913f-eb14-4bfe-9925-764dbf44171a.jpg.html)


http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/7e2ef6c3-d3ed-403e-bf6f-2abeda1d38ae.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/7e2ef6c3-d3ed-403e-bf6f-2abeda1d38ae.jpg.html)

I have seen snakes, what other wildlife have you seen enjoying bananas:2208:....besides rats!?

brod
07-07-2013, 05:52 PM
Flying foxes are a major pest for us, we have to bag or their gone

lpatelski
07-07-2013, 05:57 PM
I love flying fox, but I do not have to fight them off of our bananas!:ha:

Abnshrek
07-07-2013, 05:59 PM
My squash, Peppers, Tomato's, and cucumbers right beside them.. :^)

robguz24
07-07-2013, 06:12 PM
Gold Dust Day Geckos here are always all over my banana plants and can be found enjoying the nectar when available. Iholenas and 1000 fingers have nice globby pilali in the male flowers so I try to beat them to it.

lpatelski
07-07-2013, 09:18 PM
Gold Dust Day Geckos here are always all over my banana plants and can be found enjoying the nectar when available. Iholenas and 1000 fingers have nice globby pilali in the male flowers so I try to beat them to it.

Pilai is a semi-jelled, honey-like nectar that is rich in nutrients right?:2208:

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/7e2ef6c3-d3ed-403e-bf6f-2abeda1d38ae.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/7e2ef6c3-d3ed-403e-bf6f-2abeda1d38ae.jpg.html)

caliboy1994
07-08-2013, 03:18 AM
The Argentine ants can always be found on my plants, especially when in bloom. Then again, they can be found on just about anything here.

robguz24
07-08-2013, 12:31 PM
Pilai is a semi-jelled, honey-like nectar that is rich in nutrients right?:2208:
Yes
Pilali in male flower (http://www.musarama.org/en/image/pilali-in-male-flower-39.html)

Nicolas Naranja
07-08-2013, 02:54 PM
Wasps, bees, snails, mice, rats, coons, doves, snails. I haven't had mice and rat problems this year. I killed 9 coons since January and the doves I haven't figured out yet but they like to nest on plantain bunches.