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...

Oct 9 2019 The ants are up to something, again. I got a couple of drosera capensis earlier in the summer and they promptly were baked in...

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...

I got some Burmese amber off ebay recently. It wasn't for a specific fossil, just a couple of random pieces of amber. I didn't have...

The Humble rock show is coming soon! Houston Gem and Mineral Society fossil show Humble Civic Center November 8–10, 2019 Friday 9-6 |...

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...

On this day Sept 17, 1683 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes “animalcules“ in a letter to The Royal Society. According to Why Evolution...

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....

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...

I opened a container full of flash frozen ants and found it yellow!?! It appears they've gone moldy. Or not. Not sure what's going on...

The cocoons opened about a week later. I spooked several monarchs before I could film them on Friday. Had less luck on Saturday. One...

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...