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I bought a tiny Venus Fly Trap once, left it in the kitchen, and went away for a weekend. When I came back the kitchen was buzzing with flies, and the plant ha
by TheOtherHobbes 1y ago
I bought a tiny Venus Fly Trap once, left it in the kitchen, and went away for a weekend.
When I came back the kitchen was buzzing with flies, and the plant had literally gorged itself to death.
This was extra impressive because none of the windows were open. It had somehow leaked attractant scent through gaps I didn't know existed and the flies - not exactly numerous where I was - must have been aware of it from hundreds of yards away.
Point being the plants may be small, but they can be very good at what they do.
- beAbU 1y agoSo what you are saying is that a Venus fly trap can actually make a fly problem worse, by attracting more than it can eat?
- freedomben 1y agoI wouldn't think it gorged to death because the leaves close around the fly while digesting. I have a few small Venus fly traps as well and the greenhouse I bought them from said they are really easy to kill with too much or too little water, even just using basic fertilizer. Just speculating of course. These plants are cool but feel so alien. But yeah they definitely can attract a lot more flies than they can eat and can make the fly problem way worse