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    What insects should you not feed to vfts?

    I'm sorry for having to start a whole nother thread about this, but I was wondering if there are insects that would end up damaging VFTs (and other CPs) if tossed into the tank with them. I just fed four baby crickets to my little buddies and thought to myself, "If these were caterpillars, would...
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    Best way of dealing with caterpillars?

    Hi This year I had a number of my Neps hanging in my Sarr house where they grew really well. The downside has been a nasty infestion of tiny destructive caterpillars. I am still finding evidence of them even although its cold & wintery here now! The first clue is tiny webbing and also what...
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    Caterpillars eating my Neps Grrr!

    Hi This year I have been growing a number of my more robust Nep species in my Sarracenia house. Despite full sun & low humidity they have grown really well But a downside to having them in a more open environment is the appearance of small baby Caterpillars burying their way into the growing...
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    Update on the Herbecide/pesticide mixup

    well, it's been a few weeks, and the results are setting in... From my mistaken spraying of herbecide on everything I own outside, instead od pesticide to save my plants from the raveges of caterpillars and aphids... I am down 2 hibiscus (possibly 3, not looking to hot) 1 Oxollis (red) and a...
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    Feeling Dumb

    sigh... have you ever had one of those days, or weeks, or even months? Let me tell you my story. LAST WINTER I was invaded with aphids, I tried everything I could find short of pesticides, and eventually ended up destroying the plants for lack of a better option (they were pepper plants, so no...
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    Drosophyllum Bug

    Uh, I think I found an assasin bug... Seeing as how I live in Canada, is it feasible? This is the second one I found this year. The first one was dead in a water dish. If this is it, how do I care for it? I dont have a drosophyllum... I'm thinking of getting a jar, putting dirt in it, planting...
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