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A Mealworm Dish That Does More
Versatile enough for year round use, this mealworm dish looks great in any setting. With a vibrant cobalt blue that demands attention, the thick, durable plexi-glass is maintenance free. You’ll entice more feathered friends by changing foods according to season, and this one feeder lets you do just that.Add jelly in summer months to attract Orioles, grape jelly is their favorite, along with orange halves. Mealworms in spring to attract Bluebirds – it’s simple with this convenient mealworm dish. In winter months suet may be placed in the dish, or any seed mix you’d like to offer resident birds. The feeder shown is a hanging one, but it’s also available as staked feeder with two dishes, and a pole-mount version with two dishes. Vibrant, and versatile to entice and attract more species for a better backyard birding
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The Difference Between Ant Moats and Ant Baffles
To protect your hummingbird-or any nectar feeder from ant hassles, the use of ant moats is strongly recommended. For the newer staked versions of hummingbird feeders, the ant baffle was invented. Essentially, it’s an upside down ant moat.Instead of holding water to prevent ants’ crossing, the baffle requires a coat of petroleum jelly on the underside. This works the same way as far as preventing the ants from getting to nectar.
If you’ve ever encountered problems with ants at nectar feeders…well, once is enough! Ant moats like these by Parasol, are a one-time, relatively inexpensive solution to this nasty problem.
For those who enjoy watching the “flying jewels” feed close up, check out this great video produced by Parasol.
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The Invaluable Ant Moat
Ants just love sugary, sticky, sweet nectar! Whether it’s Hummingbird, Oriole or butterfly nectar, if they can get to it…you bet they will find it! But the good thing, and saving grace for those who feed nectar, is that ants can’t swim. They are virtually unable to cross a small body of water. Enter the invaluable ant moat.These little gadgets make the difference between great birding experiences vs. pesky, miserable ones filled with unwelcome guests. Simple by adding an ant moat to your hummingbird feeder, or other nectar feeders, you will stop ants dead in their tracks.
The ant moat shown here is a little nicer than the standard model, but they all do the same thing…stop ants from getting at nectar. In the heat of summer, a drop of salad oil may be added to the water to slow the evaporation process. Remember, the ant moats will not work unless they are kept filled with water.
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