Summer 2010

Today I saw that at least three traps of my Dionaea had opened and had digested weevils in them. This year, weevils have eaten many Sarracenia leaves, specially from my S. alata. As you may imagine, having your Sarracenia leaves eaten as they grow is not a pleasant experience, and even more this year that my S. alata has beaten its height record: 77.5 cm.

So it was a great joy to see that little revenge from the other plants (some days ago I saw that my S. purpurea had another drown weevil in it). By the way, placing my Droserae capensis around the Sarraceniae had no effects. Weedles don't stick.

Below is a pic of one of the dead weevil, and other pics I made. Enjoy!

Dead weevil. Yes!

Drosera tokaiensis colony. Grown from seed.

Detail of Sarracenia alata pitcher, showing nectar drops.

One of my new favorites (but one of my worst pics): Drosera intermedia

More D. muscipula prey: a slug (half of it hanging out of the trap, dry like a stick, ugh!) and, on the top, a bug that tried to escape cutting a hole (but didn't make it)

Sarracenia oreophila 'DeKalb county', with old pitchers.

Dionaea muscipula 'Dentata', showing its distinctive "theeth"