Ants Stealing from Drosera again!
5/12/2020 I have seen these red ants repeatedly stealing from the drosera spatulata. I posted earlier of them stealing a fly. I figured...
5/12/2020 I have seen these red ants repeatedly stealing from the drosera spatulata. I posted earlier of them stealing a fly. I figured...
The ants are up to something again. Now they are stealing prey from my Drosera. Don’t they know carnivorous plants eat ants? ...
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...
Spring is here and the drosera are growing like weeds. Here are a few random drosera pictures. (Older Drosera pictures are here....
March 6, 2020 My smallest drosera, D. Spatulata, caught a giant mosquito hawk. It's a testament to how sticky the little drosera can...
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...
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...
A small dragonfly got caught on the Drosera Filiformis. Check out those eyes! The large D Filiformis is between the S Judith Hindle and...
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...
I have read at growsundews.com that feeding Drosera will “speed up growth and encourage flowering.” Go to http://www.growsundews.com/fee...
Check out the carnivorous plants at the March Mart plant sale. http://themercersociety.org/event/march-mart-2019/ So many plants so...
March 21 2019 I have been trying to help the endangered Monarch butterflies by providing them with habitat, milkweed plants. The milkweed...
A number of carnivorous plants glow under black lights. Perhaps to attract prey. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-car...
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...
Watch how the leaf envelops its prey
This drosera leaf has not opened yet but has already caught prey
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...