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...

I haven't looked inside the Sarracenia Catesbaei x Purpurea x Flava lately. There are a ton of ants in every pitcher. I'm not sure why...

April 19, 2020 The ants are up to something again. They’ve stolen prey from my drosera and now they are trying to steal prey from my...

Spider Sightings April 23, 2020 Spotted some spiders amongst the pitchers. They sometimes make a home in sarracenia. The pitchers offer...

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 12, 20202 Still looking for the Pitcher Plant Mosquito in the first opened Sarracenia BugBat pitcher, but I keep finding ants,...

April 5, 2020 The S. Leucophylla has produced a bunch of early season pitchers (Leucophylla typically produce more pitchers in the fall) ...

April 3 2020 The first S. Judith Hindle pitcher opened and the mites are already colonizing the pitcher. They are deep in Zone 3 of the...

T-rex likes carnivorous plants, too. I was inspired to bring out Rex by The Texas Triffid Ranch which bills itself as Dallas's Pretty...

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

Prepare to Abandon Hope, All Ye Ants Who Enter Here! One of my newest pitcher plant has opened. I got the S. “Abandoned Hope” because I...

March 25, 2020 The S. Yellow Jacket was the second to have a pitcher open. I didn’t spot any mites on the lip of the pitcher. There are...

March 17, 2020 Spring is here. The flowers are in bloom and new pitchers are growing. The first pitcher to open this season is a large...

I found a frog hiding in my car the other day. So I brought him home and put him in my larger pitcher plant pot. The next day I found...

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...

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