A strange white insect has shown up on my Sarracenia. I noticed what appeared to be spider webs appearing on numerous pitchers. On...

I’ve seen many strange things inside pitcher plants. Countless ants, moths and wasps have been trapped only to be eaten by the mitey...

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....

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...

Feb 29, 2020 The S. Leucophylla captured another moth. This moth has a large proboscis. Not sure what kind of moth it is, but it was...

Feb. 23, 2020 The S. Yellow Jacket is not the biggest pitcher plant, but it never fails to host stange and frequently creepy, commensal...

Feb 17, 2020 I’m always finding new commensal animals in S. Yellow Jacket. I think I spotted rotifers feeding on ants. I am sure...

Dec 28 2019 There is a new creature feeding in the S. Leucophylla, not sure what it is but it looks like a brown inchworm. I spotted...

Dec 28 2019 Not sure why the S. Leucophylla seem to be trapping only flies. Not sure if it's fly season, if the pitcher is attracting...

The Blobs: Inquilines and Commensals in Sarracenia The pitchers of Sarracenia capture a wide variety of prey, as the pencam shows. But...

A new monster in the S. Yellow Jacket. Just in time for Halloween. A new monster has appeared in one of the Yellow Jacket pitchers. I...

June 2019 I picked up a few new pitcher plants from my friends at petflytrap. Got a medium sized Sarracenia readii x moorei. It was...