Small roots growing into them are not cut away but used to hang the gardens on, which resemble a coarse grey sponge.

White bodies of about .25 mm are strewn thickly upon the surface of the garden, which consist of an aggregation of hyphae with spherical swellings at the end.

When held in artificial nests, they preferred fruits, especially oranges over other matter like flowers, leaves, and even the organic glue from the back of an old book, which they will all put to use.

[4] S. zacapanus was first found on the clay banks of a small irrigation ditch in an orchard at Zacapa, Guatemala.

[5] S. impexus was found in a sandy area at Kartabo, Guyana, to which S. amabilis from Panama is very closely related.