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...

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...

Spring is here and the drosera are growing like weeds. Here are a few random drosera pictures. (Older Drosera pictures are here....

March 6, 2020 My smallest drosera, D. Spatulata, caught a giant mosquito hawk. It's a testament to how sticky the little drosera can...

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...

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...

Check out the compound eyes on this trilobite I got at the rock show. I asked to see the smallest and coolest thing in stock and this...

Amber frequently preserves the remains of small soft bodied animals like insects and spiders. Some amber preserves large insects, like...

Nov 2019 Had a great time at the HGMS show at Humble TX. There were more cool rocks and fossils than I can show here. I was there to...

Livescience lists the 9 best blobs of the year. Unfortunately, the blobs living inside pitcher plants were snubbed this year. They're...

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