ants

Bloody Hell. Stupid little bugs were hiding inside my lawn mower. When I took it out to the yard I was swarmed with them. I was bitten 5 times (at least) the 5 major bites have already swollen. Blood Hell. Ice did not numb them as usual. They must have held on for a while as the swelling is...

Well a single shot of windex killed at least 1 of 4 roaches. These were the 2 inch (min.) Florida suckers. I wondered if anyone else uses more enviromentlaly friendly pesticides like me? If so on what? I I also discovered not onlydo Fire Ants not like CPs they also don't like fire... Also how to...

I got a bunch of these on a tree in the backyard. The ants are farming these bugs and drinking the dew they produce. Anybody know what these freaky things are? I asked on another forum, and one person said it was a "leafhopper". I googled it, and these bugs don't look like no leafhopper.

Whole plant. You can see that the basal shoot is producing all the pitchers and the first vine has nothing but tendrils on it(some of which have withered). I think the plant is now maybe 2 years old. This pitcher actually looks like the adult ventrata pitchers I've seen in the photo. About 2x...

One week ago today I received a large rooted cutting of Nepenthes x Ventrata that was growing in pure LFS.  It had three fully formed upper pitchers about 4.5 inches tall each one. The next day, I removed it from the LFS and repotted into a different mix, managing to break quite a few roots in...

I found this article and thought everybody here would be interested. From the March 23, 1935, issue FAMOUS INSECT-EATING PLANT CATCHES MANY SPIDERS Venus' flytrap might with equal correctness be called a spider trap. This famous insect-catching plant, once called by Darwin "the most...

When I think of cobra lillies...I think of Arums. Funny thing about those common names. An interesting article follows: Bug-eating beauties Wayside on Oregon coast is devoted to the protection of carnivorous cobra lilies By Typh Tucker The Associated Press   FLORENCE, Ore. - Marina Wycoff...

ok, so I was watering my lowland neps tonight and found a great big suprise for me with my N. sumatrana. An army ant colony has decided to take up residency in the growing mix! and here it is March with snow on the ground outside! I have no clue where they would have come from, but as I was...

I'm at my parents house for spring break and I recieved a shipment of Neps from Cooks and I put them in a terriaum until I get back up to my apartment. Today there are tons of black ants in the tank and all over my N. gracilis x ampullaria. Looks like they are mostly at the nodes where some...

I have my CPs growing outdoors, and most of them catch enough insects on their own to survive.  However, I recently received a heliamphora, which doesn’t catch insects well, so I sometimes catch mosquitoes and ants to feed it.  Meanwhile, the leaves of the nearby drosera and pinguicula are full...

Hey Everybody, I am missing my most favorite article on Nepenthes of all times! I am sure that some of you have read this article, if not, go to your library and find it! It appered in Discover Magazine in October 2001. If anyone has an extra copy of this Magazine they would be willing to part...

i went out to my warm house to turn down the heater for the night, and i decided to go in to my stovehouse to check up on things. I had a very nice surprise, an ant colony had found my Nepenthes! I sat down for about 5 minutes and watched the ants get massacred by my Neps. Guess i won't have...

Please forgive the copyright accross the middle.. been having trouble with people stealing my pics This is my favorite camping spot on the way to Valdez.. if you look over the edge the cars look like ants. A Grebe I saw swimming in a small pond smile.gif A small Grizzly up north past...

hey guys and gals, it seems my camps have a very low tolerence to being fed. For emaple, with my truncata even its pitchers only bing about 4.5" I can stuff them full of what ever and it will digest it, (haven't tried iron ore yet thought) and it's pitcher will not die or rot. Now with my...

Hello guys, Me and Anthro went to the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden (Netherlands) today to visit the carnivorous plants collection, which turned out to be only worth visiting for the Nepenthes genus (our intention anyway) because the Sarracenia / Drosera (the size of pygmies even though they...

so... in the spirit of haloween, it would be interesting to see what kinds of creepy/nasty/scary/weird facts or stories you know. I'll start of with the tale of the zombe ants!!  >;-D first of all, there are lancet fluke eggs on plants. The unaware snail eats them and the fluke's larva hatches...

Gave a few ants for my droseras to enjoy. These guys just don't know when to give up! They were still struggling after 5 hours...two of them (of 5 overall) escaped at the bottom of the tank and I had to grab them and put them on another dewy leaf for a round 2. Love the whole ordeal! =) I...