August 2019 The ants are loving the newly opened S. Judith Hindle pitcher. (OK "loving" is not the best way to describe being lured to...

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...

This is a follow up about the spider inside the S Bugbat. Its been living in there all summer. It's been living the good life by spider...

The bugbat, after a slow start (something ate the first pitchers as they started growing) has been producing giant pitchers. The smallest...

The bugbat, after a slow start (something ate the first pitchers as they started growing) has been producing giant pitchers. The smallest...

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. ...

March 11 2019 A new monster has arrived in my bugbat. I've been seeing the little white blobs in the bottom of my pitchers for months...

The orange flower that's photobombing every pitcher plant is the Orange Milkwort - Polygala lutea. Petflytrap sells this as a companion...

May 1 2018 The pitchers just got a little more dangerous.. A spider has taken up residence in one of the newly opened Judith Hindle...

Check out the carnivorous plants at the March Mart plant sale. http://themercersociety.org/event/march-mart-2019/ So many plants so...

Jan 12 2019 This is the same short Leucophylla pitcher with the ants from Jan 12, The ants have died and, a big fly with large red eyes...

20181211 Its early Dec. and the Leucophyll is capturing Ladybugs now. And a fly or two. No ants in this or the other pitcher plants...

Dec 19 2018 This video starts at the base of a bubbat pitcher and follows up to the mouth of the pitcher. Note the ants at the base,...

Jan 12 2019 Just a bunch of ants in the shortest Leucophylla trap (its only 15 inches). There are other prey insects and blobs at the...

March 11 2019 When looking inside a pitcher plant, many strange things are revealed. But it's not just the prey and the animals that eat...

Water droplets frequently show up on the inside of pitcher plants. Possibly just a simple matter of condensation, although i haven't...

Feb 3 2019 I frequently see water droplets inside of pitcher plants. Not sure if this is from condensation or these are rain drops that...