my ft caught a ladybug today (could see it's outline when held up to the light, our house is over-run with em) I hope it dosen't hurt it[b said:Quote[/b] (pond boy @ April 15 2004,9:39)]I feed mine flys and pill bugs for the most part. Never feed your plant ladybugs they kill the traps,or earthworms they rot the trap and make a stinky mess!
Please share with us, how do you grow fruit flys?[b said:Quote[/b] (HellzDungeon @ April 29 2004,3:06)]LOL Fruit Flys make The BEST FOOD!!!
1st, they are easy to grow and easy to start new cultures (im talkin THOUSANDS of flys)
2nd, they fall asleep easily in about 30-45 secs in the freezer. (put them in a zip lock bag and place them in for about 30-45 secs in the freezer)
3rd, They Make GREAT food to VFT. when they are aslepp, take a small spoon (i use a 1 mil dia. spoon) and scoop like 7-10 flys. then, pop them in the traps (or anything else u need to feed) and BAM
for VFT, put 7-10 in the trap and make sure that when it closes, the flys cant get out.
Dont know but in my experiences I never seen a fly trap start to open in the daylight, it seems they always start to open at night. I had a recent trap stay closed for two weeks,when our nights started warming up it opened... Maybe its the weather??[b said:Quote[/b] (pooplol @ May 08 2004,8:37)]My dente ate something and started digesting it on 4/29/04 when i left it out side. the bug was about 1/4 of the size of the trap It still hasn't opened, the leaf is green, why won't it open.