Daniel Parke Custis, the son, John Parke Custis, the grandson, and George Â¡Washington Parke Custis, the greatgrandson of John Custis of Williamsburg. DANIEL PARKE CUSTIS. Daniel Parke Custis, son of John Custis of Williamsburg and Frances. Parke was born at Queen's Creek plantation, October 15, 1711, being.
Perhaps one of the most effective, and certainly most bizarre, ways birds may rid themselves of parasites is to roll on ant hills, or on the ants themselves. It is believed that the formic acid that ants produce is a kind of pesticide for birds.
Philodendrons have extrafloral nectaries, glands that secrete nectar to attract the ants. The philodendron, in turn, obtains nutrients from the surrounding ant nest, and the aggressive nature of the ants serves to protect the plant from other insects which would eat it. Secondary hemiepiphytes start life on the ground or on part of a tree trunk very close to the ground, where the seeds sprout.