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Hi
My N. villosa caught its first slug today! I am so proud of it
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Can't capture it on film as the slug has dropped to the bottom of the pitcher.
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cheers

bill
 
Sweet. My nep`s most impressive prey was a pantry moth, Aside from the pillbugs i used to feed them.
 
I just got an idea! Maybe you can shine a flashlight through the other side of the pitcher, and take a picture of the silhouetted slug! I'm not sure how thick villosa's pitchers are, so this may not work. Give it a try. It's bound to be interesting if it works.
 
Wow, a slug is....solid meat for lack of a better description. No chiton like typical insect meals.
That is going to smell rather bad, isn't it?


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Cheers,

Joe

PS. Flip has a point. It must have been really bent on dying to bypass that wicked peristome.
 
Very cool i would love to see a photo of that
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[b said:
Quote[/b] (TunaSurprise @ Feb. 14 2005,8:31)]I just got an idea! Maybe you can shine a flashlight through the other side of the pitcher, and take a picture of the silhouetted slug! I'm not sure how thick villosa's pitchers are, so this may not work. Give it a try. It's bound to be interesting if it works.
The villosa has a fairly dense pitcher where light shone through it does not produce a silhouette. The "soup" containing the slug is quite thick as well.
Funny enough you only get a nasty smell if you accidentally spill the contents! A particular hazard with hanging basket plants!
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cheers

bill
 
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[b said:
Quote[/b] (fly-catchers @ Feb. 12 @ 2005,5:00)]any pics?

[b said:
Quote[/b] (eplants02 @ Feb. 12 @ 2005,5:09)]Can't capture it on film as the slug has dropped to the bottom of the pitcher.
 
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