aphids

Hi, When I watered my outdoor VFTs today, one of the large deep pots apparently has a colony of fire ants inside. They rushed out frantically and started crawling all over the plants, springing some traps to close....which sucks because theyr'e too tiny to get caught and just plain wastes the...

Hi all, I have had my Flava in direct sun of about 6 to 8 hours a day for a about a month and a half. It recently started sending up new pitchers, but they are all bent and spindly, and it seems that every time they get watered, the curl up a bit more. I know that it is not aphids or thrips...

Well that was kinda unexpected. I sprayed my plants today for aphids with isotox. Came back ten minutes later and my supposed 'Red Dragon' is now almost completely green. Has anyone else had this happen before

Okay i put 2 Purple Pitcher plants,1 sundew, and 1 VFT into a platic bowl (i didnt measure it im just useing my sight) about a ft acros and 6 in. deep. I used half sand and half peat. Will they be ok in that mix? and i got them all from lowes just to let u know PS  when i was putting the peat...

Hello , so I have some sarrs growing outside and I've been constantly picking off flying aphids from the tips of new pitchers aphids and spraying with orthene now and then. My question is what to do about the aphids inside the pitchers, so far I haven't seen any negative effects but I'm sure...

On CPUK, it has been brought out that an organization called APHIS (not APHIDS) is helping us out with CITES and phytosanitary certificates, hassles, and monetary expenditures. We now have the capability of importing small lots of seeds (~50 - like who can count 50 sundew seeds?). check this...

Whenever the topic of aphid killing / pesticides come up at CPUK, the European contingent are quick to recommend an effective and safe for plants product called Provado. So I asked Aidan if there was an American equivalent of this Provado and a research on his part yielded this link: Bayer...

Hello, I'm new here and I've been into carnivorous plants since I first saw the. I have been growing sundews and VFT's for a couple years. I recently recieved a S. rubra from a friend of mine. The traps are growing but they seem to have creases and look curved like there is aphid damage. I have...

I have posted this question on antoher forum and didn't get an answer. Two plants that previously were opening up perfectly formed pitchers have started opening up pitchers that are sort of squashed looking, have no "lid" thingy on top, and are just generally deformed looking. I do not see...

When I was looking over the plants in my 20 gallon long terrarium yesterday, I found (to my absolute disgruntlement) what appeared to be many small, white aphids all over my D. adelae! They only seem to be on that particular plant, so I think it'll be very possible to nail this problem before it...

ok i just watered my vft and these bugs with some white things (assuming eggs) floated up and started running like crazy. so what are they and how di i kill them? if they are aphids theres no damage yet so i must have cought them early. please help. they are tiny little black spots that move. i...

Last summer I rescued a a VFT/Cobra Lily/D. adelae from a Lowes cube. The VFT & Cobra Lily are currently dormant and the D. adelae, sitting in the bathroom window, is sending up a stalk. Soon after I got this plant, it was infested with aphids and I drowned them. The plant recovered and during...

Man oh man did this make me sick this morning. I had to "wastage" 5 D. paradoxa at work because they were infested with aphids and thrips, and their growing points were going funky and moldy. As I scanned the barcodes, I noticed the care instructions for the first time: Surely, someone was...

In the past year I have had troubles with aphids on only D. capensis. spatulata, and adelae - all warm weather types. in contrast, while my D. binatas, filiformis', rotundifolia, intermedia, etc... have been outside, they haven't gotten anything. Is that just a coincidence or is there...

Recently my neps expect for the hanging basket got a few aphids on them, nothing serious....yet. But I noticed this about 2 days ago and just ignored it, because i thought it was just some insect. After looking at GIS, I found out that they were aphids, I grow my cps outside, so I found the...

I have aphids that are making my leaves deformed, what can I do to get rid of them?

I bought a Tarnok last year... came with 1.5 foot pitchers (2). It was late in the season so it didn't have much time to settle in before dromancy. It came through dormancy just fine... no rot or fungus.. like the rest of my collection. Now this year it put up 2 tall pitchers (same size as the...

So aphids mannaged to get into my apartment and attack my plants. Although they think my deadly nightshades are extra scrumptious, they also like my Sarracenia leucophylla x psittacina "Scarlet Belle". So I submerged the plant (in distilled water, of course). My question is, how long do I leave...

Was wondering if garlic would be harmful to CPs. I've been reading that it is a good natural repellent against aphids, keeping them away from your plants. So does anyone know if Garlic would harm your CP? Thanks.

Hey guys, I was just thinking why don't we list our recipes for killing aphids and other bugs that attack our plants here. I'll go first. 1part coffee-1 tablespoon(I've read the caffeine will kill aphids and other pests) 1part dishwashing handsoap-1 tablespoon like ajax or palmolive(I've read...