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I attracted this gorgeous flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) by putting the remains of a sockeye salmon out on my deck (as part of the “Flyday” series on my blog). These flies aren’t too skittish (at least not when they are feasting on some fine BC sockeye), so photography was straightforward. The Zuiko...

Hello, I'm also looking for Fly Traps not on my grow list. Jeremiah's Dionaea Grow List... D. muscipula typical D. muscipula typical DW From Northrop [Winter] D. muscipula “A2” Clone [Henning] D. muscipula “All Green” [CP Nursery] D. muscipula "Arching Flat Skinny Leaves" [Pham] D. muscipula...

Hey everyone, I've been away for a while because of school and travel and other stuff, the plants are still alive, but they don't look particularly exceptional, so I figured I'd post some pics from the last while. I'll start off with some pics from the Pittsburgh zoo: Snow Leopard by...

Every Friday I post photos of a different species of fly on my blog (I title them “Flydays”; corny, I know). This past week’s post was about Lucilia sericata, the common greenbottle (http://wp.me/p2wM8r-uT); which is easily my favourite fly. Greenbottles are blow flies—feeding and laying their...

I picked up a bag of this while I was at the hydroponic store this weekend. http://www.growstone.com/ Has anyone used this product before? Any ideas on the application or which plants would really benifit from this? So far I am just using it in place of perlite. The guy assured me that I...

Hi everyone, I've just stated to read some of the different topics here, but it looks like there is a lot of experienced people I can learn from! I started growing carnivorous plants (probably like a lot of people) when I found a Venus Fly Trap in the local garden/hardware store. Unfortunately...

Hi there, I have a nepenthes alata and venus fly trap, plus a number of cacti. I could do with a lamp to supplement the limited sunlight my flat receives. Can anyone recommend a simple lamp or lighting system I can order online? Thanks, Jack

Hi! I just joined this weekend. I'm very new to carnivorous plants, but my journey with them started years ago. I have a koi pond, and while shopping for bog plants years ago I discovered this crazy looking thing labeled "pitcher plant." The only thing the label said was keep moist and give lots...

A few weeks ago I acquired a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) egg case. The egg case hatched this past week. Now I have lots of little mouths to feed! This little specimen posed very obligingly for me as I was feeding them fruit flies. There is always something very satisfying about watching...

Hello! I am a London based amateur carnivorous plant owner. I have had a nepenthes Alata since last summer, which is growing leaves well, but hasn't grown any new pitchers yet (the old ones died off over winter). And I yesterday took receipt of a Venus fly trap from this website's shop. Super...

I was testing a new flash set-up in my garden the other day and found a few of these tiny flies (Meiosimyza sp.) wandering around on a bracken fern. They were tiny (4-5mm long; about 1/10 inch), colourful and mobile: the perfect test subjects for the flash! I shot the fly at F16, so the...

hey all just need a little help with some photoperiod stuff. I have some sarracenia flava var maximas and their seedlings, a couple leuco tarnoks, a purpurea, a sarracenia ladybug, 2 venus flytraps, and a drosera rotundifolia. they are on my back porch now and get 3 hours of direct sunlight a...

Nepenthes N. Miranda N. Burbidgeae x Platychila N. Sibuyanensis x (Spectabilis x Ventricosa) N. Eymae x (Jacquelineae x Izumiae) - Thank you, Favian!! N. Spathulata x Glabrata - Thank you, Favian!! N. Bicalcarata N. Alata (2 total, 1 known female) N. Chaniana x Veitchii N. Vogelii N. Nile x...

My only Nepenthes that I have is Nepenthes Linda and the plant is hungry for insects . Every day it gets tons of insects , most of them being house flies. In 1 of the pitchers I see that the fly has mold on it and that quite worries me. My question is : What can cause this? Should I empty the...

Well I abandoned my first bog built several years ago. The plants seemed just languish and not thrive like my plants i have in pots. I built it to close to the fence, so come early afternoon the western sun would be blocked. It was also to low on the one side to the surrounding ground level, so...

Hi! I'm a newcomer here, and a relative newcomer to CPs. Because of space limitations, grandkids and animals I don't do any indoor growing but in the last couple of seasons I've been trying to slowly redo my property with plants indigenous to the area. Last spring I took a half of a poly barrel...

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I have a tiny collection of venus fly traps. All i have are typicals and a 'big jaws'. I will trade a S. leucophylla, S. minor, S. alata, S. rubra, Some Sarracenia seeds, or for a few venus flytraps, a cephaloutus division.

Hello all, i am aproaching my 2nd year of growing carnivorus plants. I am a 13 year old boy from the sacromento area of california. I love the genus sarracenia. My favorite plants are the S. rubra complex, S. alata, and S. minors. I have succesfully grown sarracenias, cephalotus, droseas, venus...

Here is where i will post the plants i grow [Drosera D. capensis D. capensis "alba" D. binta D. adella D. x hybrida New Jersy Venus FLy Traps Typicals 'a2' Bcp B01 BZ 1955 'Big Mouth' 'Jaws' Peter D'amato Green Clone 'Red Pirhanna' 'Shogun Star' Nepenthes N. alata Heliomphora H. minor x...