bugs

The entire house is full of these tiny flies (not fruit flies) and we are having a hard time getting rid of them. They are attracted to light, so I put my taller 'dews under the kitchen table light, and over night they caught tons of flies! it worked very well! Here are some pics, sorry for...

So this is my oldest sundew pot. I've had it for 4 years (and 1 month), and it's grown, died back, spread to all my other pots, etc etc. Most recently it's been... really bad. Everything turning black, new growth tortured, etc etc. I assumed it was bad lighting, as the problems are appearing...

Well it's been getting cool outside so it's now indoors but I'm kinda worried about feeding it. I wanted to know if I could use an artificial fertilizer to supply it's nutritional needs since my parents aren't very keen on me having live bugs in the house, any advice would be helpful!!

So I have a plant rack set up in my apartment. It has the standard 4' wide T5/8s, wireframe shelf, with the plants being about 4-8" away from the lights. (Smallest pots are 8" away, my neps gets closer to 2-4ish. All sides of the rack including top and bottom are covered in tinfoil to...

Here are two bugs making their escape from my S. Flava What would you do? Just let nature take it's course? Push the bugs back in? etc,etc,etc. I'm thinking the bottom bug is a wasp, but what's the top one? Steve

Here's a brief look at the stuff in my room. Growing by the windowsill Ventricosa SG with basal Closeup of basal pitcher Mira Talangensis This thing's only 1cm long 'Gothica' Crap closeup of most recent pitcher One of my favorites, 'Song of Melancholy' This pitcher is...

Hi I have been trying to make a sarracenia hybrid for three years now and I am really getting frustrated over all these problems... First year: I discovered that the hybrid had already been made, so I got two hybrid plants that hadn't been crossed and would look really cool crossed Second year...

I am pretty new to the forums and to CP's, 1 year experience. I have had a baby cephalotus that is not doing well. Pitchers that have been there for a few months have wilted and the leaves are drooping. The crown and the new growth looks good though. I have been growing it in my edit...

N. maxima x talangensis has been drooling something fierce lately. Getting nice dark coloration as the pitcher gets older. Love it! That waspy thing was living in my tank, and I've spotted a couple in my room. What is this and could it be hurting my plants? Also, I'm not usually scared of...

My sarracenia are suffering and I can't exactly figure out what is wrong. In some of them, when I unpot them, there are tiny black bugs in the soil that look like sugar ants. I thought that is what they were but as more and more sarracenia keep dying and I keep finding these bugs in the pots...

Well, somehow in the last couple of weeks, an old nemesis that i rid myself of a couple of years ago has resurfaced.. Spider mites, and in my beloved tank here at my house (thankfully not the major chunk of plants back at my parents) but either way, there are some rather rare and irreplaceable...

I happen to live down the street from a Park Ranger. He works at a park not too far from where I live. He has invited me to bring my plants to the annual "Bug Fest" at the park which brings in around 2000 visitors every year. He has invited me since insectivorous plants are bug related and...

Hi I registered to this forum a little bit ago and like the title says im new to carnivorous plants and this forum. Was wondering if anyone was willing to help me start growing some awesome plants. to tell you the truth i kinda feel a little dumb because i havent every really grown anything but...

Found this plant in the woods today. The area is dry and sandy, other stuff that grows there is heather, scots pine and lichens like reindeermoss. I first thought it may be an orchid but i cant find any that look like it that grow here. Anyone know what it is? Btw, i live in the Netherlands so...

I haven't been able to find any definitive information on this, so here goes: Is it legal to bring in a potted plant, intended for household keeping, into the US from Canada without import permits or phytosanitary certificates if that plant is not restricted or endangered or otherwise on a list...

Nepenthes Miranda. Has quite a few growth points. I got it last fall, finally got one in good condition. Has been growing in my window this winter so that's why it's growing sideways. When I bought this from a local nursery it was labled as nepenthes rafflesiana. It started pitchering this...

I lost a lot of my temperate collection to fungus gnat larvae and root rot this last winter. One plant I lost was a Oreophila with 26" pitchers. I've never experienced such decimation before, and I don't want to experience it again. I've cleaned my grow area, removed all the old pots full of...

Heya, I'm sure this has probably been covered somewhere else, but after looking pretty extensively, I wasn't able to find any information on the subject, so I figured I'd ask here... I live in central Florida and grow my plants outside. They eat really well, but they're becoming over run with...

Hey, Whoops, I pressed enter by accident before I typed anything! :s Anyway, I have some small whitish bugs in some Drosera capensis pots, I would guess they are Springtails, as they do, if disturbed, jump. I can't really take a photo as they are so small, but is this what they truly are? They...

Hello everyone! This is my first post :blush: I'm from Istanbul and I've been growing CPs for about 2-3 years now. Over the years I've kept many different species, tried my hand at a terrarium and finally decided to stick to plants that can grow on my balcony without the need of a terrarium...