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Spider living in Judith Hindle

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...

Compound Eyes

A few examples of compound eyes over the last 500 million years ago. Trilobite fossil at the rock show.

Wasp in Leucophylla

Danger slippery By the next day, he was dead. Not sure what killed it so fast, but its not the first time I've seen insects die off fast...

LadyBugs & Flies in S. Leucophylla

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...

A long video of Ants in Bugbat

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,...

Ants in Leucophylla

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...

Venus Flytrap versus a Moth

Nov 7 2018 No discussion about carnivorous plants would be complete without the Venus Flytrap. (VFT). Everyone from Darwin to 5 year...

Water Droplet in Judith Hindle

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

Water Droplets on Leucophylla

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...

Drosera Burmannii under black light

A number of carnivorous plants glow under black lights. Perhaps to attract prey. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-car...

Ants in Bugbat

Dec 25 2018 The ants are still active in bugbat. They are running around on a larger flying insect 20181225_103945.mp4

Drosera Burmannii caught a big one

Drosera Burmannii has captured a mosquito hawk. The lesson here is to watch your step. Step on a drosera leaf and its all over. in a few...

Drosera burmannii

My new drosera burmannii arrived. This is my first plant I got off Ebay. They were shipped fast and packed well. They were spotted and...

There's a Blob on your eye...

20181220 In a S. Judith Hindle pitcher, a little white blob can be seen crawling across a fly's compound eye. This is one of the creepier...

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