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Mystery threads

trashcan

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Hi,

I just came back from vacation. I found some silver thread-like strands on my plants, and some on the sphagnum. I'm not quite sure what it is. If anyone has any ideas, please share!

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Also, there are a few (and will be more) new pictures in the gallery of my plants. http://www.cpforums.org/gallery/myplants

Happy new year's eve!
 
Looks like some kind of spider visited your plants. I had similar webbing that had no distinct web shape around my Nepenthes this last summer. No detrimental effects were noticed. I just cleaned it up where ever I saw it.

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Maybe the Nep fairies are celebrating the New Year and that's tinsel?
 
I hate to be so crude, but it looks just like some fiber settled on the plants from the air.
 
lol , i hope your not lusing your hair trashcan , lol , j/k , i used to get that , i believe its is cats hair , any cats around you lately
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Dustin, it's on most of my plants, and mostly on the pitchers and growing points. There is very little on the sphagnum (where I think most would settle if it just fell in), but I took a picture of it because it was the largest clump. It might be cat hair, my friend at the pet shop took care of it while I was gone. Not sure how it would get in a sealed terrarium though.
 
Hmm, try picking it off and rubbing it between your fingers? Does it disintigrate? Maybe it's just the start of some fungus?
 
Nope, didn't disintegrate. I think he only plausible explanation was suggested by fatboy.. So HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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Happy New Year Pat!

My other suggestion was vapour trails from tiny fairy jets as they rush off on New Year Holidays
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Troys future book: "The wonders of Nepenthes fairy trails"
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ROFL! That is hair! Looks EXACTLY like mine when it finds it way into the tanks... your freind a blond?
 
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