Another Mouth to Feed... Frogs in my pitcher plants.
May 19, 2020 The frog is back in my pitcher plants. I believe it's the same frog I've seen before. He has the same yellow spot between...
May 19, 2020 The frog is back in my pitcher plants. I believe it's the same frog I've seen before. He has the same yellow spot between...
Two ants are fighting deep in a S. Leucophylla pitcher, at around 2 minutes. It looks like the black ant is trying to sting the red ant....
I have a frog in one of the newly opened s. Leucophylla. Perhaps it's tunnel vision, but it is somewhat disconcerting to be looking for...
April 5, 2020 The S. Leucophylla has produced a bunch of early season pitchers (Leucophylla typically produce more pitchers in the fall) ...
March 2020 It’s spring and all of the pitcher plants are in bloom. I have over a dozen in bloom or near bloom. A few flower pictures...
A vast slime mite army is dining on a dead fly in S. Catesbaei Purpurea Flava. It is hard to tell that it’s a fly under the slimy layer...
March 2, 2020 I was checking on the Yellow Jacket that is trapped in the S. Leucophylla. The poor guy got turned around and is now face...
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...
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...
https://drmayhem12.wixsite.com/insidepitcherplants/post/a-mite-y-army-on-s-leucophyllaDec 15 2019 Witness the epic battle of a wasp...
Dec 14 2019 Sarracenia pitchers are home to countless commensal animals. They eat the insects that the pitcher captures and help the...
Now here's something you don't see everyday (unless you have a pitcher plant and a pencam) An ant riding wasp or yellow jacket, both of...
Nov 16 2019 Check out the big nose on this guy. He is trapped in one of the S. Leucophylla pitchers. It took a few tries to get the a...
The Blobs: Inquilines and Commensals in Sarracenia The pitchers of Sarracenia capture a wide variety of prey, as the pencam shows. But...
I haven't been paying enough attention to my S. Leucophylla. It's only produced 2 pitchers this season, but that's normal for this plant....
Feb 3 2019 Spotted a spider with it's recently captured prey on one of the Leucophylla pitchers. The prey is still twitching. Yes I'...
Blobs on a penny. This is the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a penny. Note the US Mint put Abe Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. There...
OK the blobs haven't grown bigger, but the population in this S. Leucophylla pitcher is huge. I don't know how or why this happened, but...
April 14, 2019 Spring is here and that means new pitchers are opening. I wanted to see if they caught something on their first day. ...