

Ants are stealing from my Drosera again!
The ants are up to something again. Now they are stealing prey from my Drosera. Don’t they know carnivorous plants eat ants? ...

Mites on Drosera now, too!?! Mites getting into trouble, again.
Caught a mite roaming around on the Drosera Spatulata. I was focussed in tight on a dead insect, when I spotted movement. I moved the...

Drosera Pictures
Spring is here and the drosera are growing like weeds. Here are a few random drosera pictures. (Older Drosera pictures are here....

Drosera Spatulata vs Giant Mosquito Hawk
March 6, 2020 My smallest drosera, D. Spatulata, caught a giant mosquito hawk. It's a testament to how sticky the little drosera can...

Fly with Mites on Drosera Capensis
Feb 25, 2020 Since I’ve been growing carnivorous plants, I’ve seen many flies captured and eaten by mites. This is the first time the...

Ants are robbing my plants! Ants steal prey from D Capensis The ants are up to something, again.
Oct 9 2019 The ants are up to something, again. I got a couple of drosera capensis earlier in the summer and they promptly were baked in...

Dragonfly on Drosera Filiformis
A small dragonfly got caught on the Drosera Filiformis. Check out those eyes! The large D Filiformis is between the S Judith Hindle and...

The ants are up to something
Not sure what they are up to, but they are definitely up to something. I spotted a bunch of ants burying something in my newer...

Fresh Food for Drosera Ant and Mosquito Trapping
I have read at growsundews.com that feeding Drosera will “speed up growth and encourage flowering.” Go to http://www.growsundews.com/fee...

Petflytrap at the March Mart Mercer Arboretum plant sale
Check out the carnivorous plants at the March Mart plant sale. http://themercersociety.org/event/march-mart-2019/ So many plants so...

The War on Aphids begins again and this time I have reinforcements
March 21 2019 I have been trying to help the endangered Monarch butterflies by providing them with habitat, milkweed plants. The milkweed...

Drosera Burmannii under black light
A number of carnivorous plants glow under black lights. Perhaps to attract prey. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-car...

Drosera Burmannii caught a big one
Drosera Burmannii has captured a mosquito hawk. The lesson here is to watch your step. Step on a drosera leaf and its all over. in a few...

Drosera burmannii enveloping an ant
Watch how the leaf envelops its prey

Unopened trap still captures prey Drosera Burmannii
This drosera leaf has not opened yet but has already caught prey

Drosera burmannii
My new drosera burmannii arrived. This is my first plant I got off Ebay. They were shipped fast and packed well. They were spotted and...