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We have a venus fly trap that we bought probably two weeks ago. It looks healthy and green and has half a dozen fully developed trap thingies. Despite this, and the fact that we're in a record summer with an infuriating number of flies everywhere, it has yet to catch a single one. Is this normal?
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Feb 2, 2016 07:10
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Kenning posted:Venus flytraps aren't the most efficient bug catchers. That honor goes to American pitcher plants. My VFTs outdoors will catch a couple bugs a week though. Is it growing outside? Flytraps are one of the most sunlight-dependent of all the carnivores, and they can really get sluggish in low light. How are you growing yours? It sits on a window sill that gets direct sunlight for most of the day, by a constantly-open window that flies like to hang around.
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Feb 3, 2016 07:04
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Kenning posted:That's funny, it seems like it should get some flies. There was an article in the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter that suggested that VFTs catch more crawling bugs rather than flying bugs though. If you want to own some flies, you should get a sundew. Since I posted that he's caught two  Interesting how when the light is a certain way you can see the different parts of the fly being separated and liquified.
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Feb 7, 2016 21:45
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