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...

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...

Sept. 2019 Sept 8 I added a locust into one of the larger S. Bugbat pitchers. The big pitcher deserves big food. I also wanted to get...

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...

Sept 12 2019 Just a short video of ants exploring the mouth of a S. Yellow Jacket pitcher.

Feb 2019 I have been focusing recently on getting decent video of individual blobs which can be challenging for the pencam that I...

Sept 14 2019 Spotted a new sea monster lurking in a S. Yellow Jacket pitcher. It's huge (relative to the blobs/ mites), around the size...

Amongst the problems filming inside pitcher plants is that the subjects are very small and they never sit still and smile for the camera....

Warning Adult Content? Sept 4 2019 I was filming the Blobs in S. Yellow Jacket and I think I got a little too much personal information. ...

Aug 15 Got a Sarracenia “Yellow Jacket” earlier from petflytrap.com. To quote their info: This hybrid is the result of a...

Alas, my spider has died. I didn't see it in it's usual hangouts. This isn't the first time, it's gone missing. Sometimes it lurks...

Aug 25 The spider is still nesting in the same S. Bugbat pitcher. He’s been there since June. He survived sharing the pitcher with a...

I went to check on my resident spider in my S. Bugbat and found a frog instead! I spotted 2 frogs on the outside of one of the bugbat...

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....