cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11649542

Short Summary

1. Introduction of a rainforest vivarium called Pandora, designed to study a wild ecosystem.
2. Introduction of carnivorous pitcher plants to control an invasive black crazy ant supercolony causing problems in Pandora.
3. Discovery that the pitcher plants are attracting and successfully catching ants with nectar.
4. Observation of black crazy ants invading the territory of a previously introduced giant trap-jaw ant queen.
5. Ants release an alarm pheromone to call for reinforcements against a jumping spider, ending with the spider escaping.
6. Narrator observes ants attracted to pitcher plants, some managing to escape after falling in.
7. Speculation that nectar may have intoxicating effects on ants, with plans to check the effectiveness of the pitcher plants later.
8. Growth and development of baby guppies in the pond, with a suggestion to add predators if the population becomes too large.
9. Observation of various insects and animals at night, including a praying mantis and tree frogs.
10. Introduction of carpenter ants to make the rainforest more hostile for the Dark Horde, ending with a call for viewers to support the channel.

It got too cold in my Chicago-area garage for these guys, so I had to bring them in early. I planned on waking them up Valentine's Day week, just to get an early start on the growing season. But here we are.

The sundews had been in the tent all winter, but the flytraps and sarracenia were enjoying a nice garage nap.

Let's see how we're looking in a few weeks.

Oh, and I'm going to ditch this setup in a few weeks. I am ordering shelves and 4-foot Barrina lights. As many lights as I have read about and all the studying I've done, for whatever reason plants just grow unusually well under Barrina lights. My succulents have taken off, and I'm assuming my carnivorous plants will as well.

I have aphids on my sundew. They started on my Venus fly trap and migrated. I think by some miracle I got rid of them on the Venus fly trap by using alcohol and a qtip. However the sundew seems infested.

I have a bottle of neem oil coming send I was hoping to get both application advice and folks' experience with it.

Other ideas welcome. Thank you in advance.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6423502

That's a bee trapped in there. I watched it crawl inside. I think it's done for. #carnivorousplant #bee #macro @carnivorousplants@lemmy.world

Pitcher

My pitcher plant is doing surprisingly well. Nice and veiny.

#carnivorousplant #veins #pitcherplant #macro

@carnivorousplants@lemmy.world

Posted on the houseplants sub and got some great advice.

Will change up it's watering routine and give it some more sunlight. Hopefully have it up and happy in no time. Thanks y'all

Venus flytrap flowers [OC]

My Venus flytrap has sprouted a long stem with some pretty little flowers at the end. The purpose of the long stem is to help keep pollinators away from the traps.

#venusflytrap #macro #flower #carnivorousplants

@carnivorousplants@lemmy.world

I guess this trap caught a bug that was a little too big again.

It's the second time that an ulcer has formed on one of this plant's traps after it caught a bug that was a little on the big side. I saw a TikTok video explaining that sometimes the trap will survive and it will just have a hole in the side, but I'm not holding out any hope for that. The last one just died. Fortunately,the rest of the plant seems healthy.

#venusflytrap #carnivorousplant #macro

@carnivorousplants@lemmy.world

I had to move everyone inside while I am on vacation due to the heat. I started out with 1 Venus Fly Trap and 1 Pitcher plant 2 years ago.

4 Pitcher Plants, 9 Venus Flytraps, 7 Sundew's and 1 Pinguicula

Hi All,

I mostly grabbed this as a place-holder because this is a community I'll miss from reddit. I'll post some of my bog gardens after I can give them a proper hair cut.

If anyone wants to take on any mod responsibilities now or in the future just reach out. I imagine it'll be a while before there's anything really involved though.

Glad to see there's already some posts :)

The whole shelve is next to a south window so I don’t have to add supplemental light, which is great. Space might be more of an issue now that most neps start vining!

I made a bog for some pitcher plants. This is 3 years later and they have all gone 10x in size. I think they like it.

My collection isn't what it used to be, but here are a few pics to get the ball rolling.