Pictures of your Drosera eating things

[kulamauiman]

Yes. I have seen female moths do the same. Come to the lights crash into window and lay eggs right there

 

[Not a Number]

Some more pics and crop of eggs

 

[Tanukimo]

The caterpillars would be doomed the moment they hatch, assuming the eggs are still viable.

 

[Acro]

Keep us updated . . . interested to see if the eggs are digested or if they hatch out.

 

[Not a Number]

I reworked the color balance a bit (see above). This appears to be a Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852). Eggs are described as turban shaped, pale green or blue-green. Normally a single egg is laid on the underside of leaves.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Brephidium-exilis

 

[fredg]

A D. capensis having a little snack.

 

[BobZ]

Drosera regia

 

[jimscott]

 

[Not a Number]

More of the Pygmy blue eggs in D. cistiflora. The butterfly managed to escape but was trapped again in another leaf. You can't win.

Trapped again!

 

[Dexenthes]

Astonishing shots all around! Very cool stuff. This thread was the best idea I ever had.

 

[Kevin P]

D. sessilifolia

 

[theplantman]

Awesome shot, Kevin!! Hope you enter that in the May plant of the month.

 

[Kevin P]

Awesome shot, Kevin!! Hope you enter that in the May plant of the month.

Thanks, and we'll see. =)

Find these moths in my clothes, in our bird cages, everywhere. They invariably find their way to my D. scorpioides.

 

[Robster_24]

Beautiful shots Kevin P, what do you use for macro photography?

 

[Tanukimo]

Amazing macros, Kevin!

 

[Kevin P]

Thanks, all! It's just a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX200V, which has decent zoom capabilities (no option to change lenses though, natch). Saving up for better, as the shots it takes get pretty noisy at higher resolutions.

 

[jimscott]

LOL! I want Kevin's camera!

 

[Not a Number]

De Vermis Mysteriis

Eggs hatched. Here is an animated GIF

 

[Tanukimo]

Eew, they look like fungus gnat larvae with the black heads but fatter and yellow.

 

[Not a Number]

You can see the opening on some of the eggs in this crop: