Leaf/tube/mouth of a Sarracenia illuminated from behind by a light, that shows two huge flies trapped inside

Edit: Her name is Scylla!

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      18·
      6 months ago

      Can’t get lower-maintenance than a spider.

      I don’t think I could date an arachnophobe. No way I’m killing or evicting my bathroom spider! We’re bros.

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        The problem with people thinking like that is the spiders are only gonna stay if the food source is abundant.

        Aka you got a lot more bugs than you think if there are spiders chilling everywhere.

        • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          If I had a massive spider infestation, yeah, I’d want to investigate. But fruit flies and mosquitoes come and go often enough anyway. Presumably enough to sustain one or two spiders.

          Had a bit of a gnat (I guess?) problem last summer because they’re small enough to get through my window screens. Made me crazy, but even then I don’t think they were actually nesting in my home.

    • brokenlcd@feddit.itEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I am in a similar situation and came to the conclusion that plants hate my mere presence

  • Luccajan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago

    I got my Venus flytrap as few years ago and it hasn’t disappointed me with catching flies. All flies that dared to enter my room would shortly(1-3 days) be caught by the flytrap.

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I notice you have some extremely long ones compared to the older ones at the bottom. Mine did the exact same thing when spring hit this year-- this season’s have a couple that are waaaay longer than anything it’s produced before. Wonder what’s up w that

    • howler@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      It’s pushing new heads like crazy, and they are all very long. It’s my first Sarracenia so I have no idea of what is normal or not. Maybe this year’s Spring is ideal for them?

    • howler@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I got yet another extremely long one, way longer by far than the others. I made a post about it because it’s reaching WTF levels

      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        I’m still getting long ones too, and the last of the short ones are pretty much dead. I can’t quite understand the point of the long ones-- the base seems too delicate to hold them up on even a mildly windy day. I came home to one of them looking in bad shape bc it’d spent the day flopped over the side of the pot. Maybe they’re supposed to be growing taller than other grasses that are usually around them in nature, and those same grasses act as a but of a support so they don’t get too floppy or something?

        I’ll try to remember to take a picture this weekend-- I’ve been really busy at work this week

        • howler@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          I’d love to see a picture, if you remember it!

          I’m happy to learn that I’m not alone in the Sarracenia confusion camp

            • howler@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              Damn, those lids are huge. Mine are relatively small, compared with the length of the “body”