Catch of the day!

[telkwasnowgirl]

 

[Ertiocx]

The S. purpurea in my yard is extremely successful in luring insects to their deaths.
The pitchers fill up and wash out whenever it rains or I water the plant, but every time I check they're full of bugs again.

The plant's developing some beautiful colours in the summer heat too.

 

[Ertiocx]

RIP Flying McFlyface 2022-2022

 

[Ertiocx]

Drosera sp. “Lantau Island” caught its first bug. I lose focus about halfway through the timelapse since the fly was pulled into the center of the leaf much more quickly than I expected.

18 minutes in 18 seconds:

The victim:

 

[Raymond Chong]

2 for 1 day for my lucky purpurea.

 

[Sib]

 

[stevebradford]

Drosera madagascariensis with leaf hopper

“keep hanging in there”

 

[Raymond Chong]

like when the sunlight illuminates the pitchers just right and you can see how well the plants have been eating.

 

[Raymond Chong]

2 for 1 day for my lucky purpurea.

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So are hornets like lemmings? Once one jumps, they all jump?
I swear there are about 6 in there now.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I've learned to appreciate wasps as they are the prime pollinators of my tomatoes.

 

[WillyCKH]

Is this a mosquito?

 

[Ertiocx]

 

[PegCityGirl]

Not a ‘catch’, but a suicidal lady beetle!

 

[Sparrow]

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I love this photo.

 

[Raymond Chong]

Spiders moved in for the winter and I really feel sorry for this little guy.
Death by misadventure.

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

Spiders moved in for the winter and I really feel sorry for this little guy.
Death by misadventure.

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RIP at least he died doing what he loved….staying still and waiting for a victim

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Daddy long legs, technically not a spider.

 

[stevebradford]

It’s not super often spiders get fooled by carnivorous plants, in fact they often steal from the plants but the flytrap is one that can catch them!

 

[stevebradford]

Drosera capensis with house fly

 

[coconut]