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It really is that simple, most problems with flytraps come from either messing with them too much or trying to baby them. They will overwinter just fine outside. A good freeze will kill probably off exposed growth but the rhizome survives. If it is an unusually cold winter you can shelter them...

No need for a bog, a tray of water for the pot to sit in is sufficient. I would put them out now, and you should be fine putting them directly into full sun since they are just now breaking dormancy and shouldn't have much new growth to burn.

Yes you can, though if they have been indoors or greenhouse-grown you will need to start them off in light shade and slowly increase exposure over a few weeks to avoid sunburn. Once they are acclimated just leave them out, the climates in NC and OR are similar enough that they do just fine.

Humidity is not as important as it is often made out to be as long as you aren't talking extremely hot and dry like AZ or western TX. Light is much more important, they need full sun for as many hours as you can give them and in a terrarium that is a death sentence due to the extreme...

The first step to a flytrap terrarium is to not put it in a terrarium. Everyone wants to do it, and it pretty much always ends with a dead flytrap. Flytraps are temperate plants from North Carolina, put it outside in full sun where it belongs and it will thrive.

Statilia nemoralis :shifty:

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May just have to wait and see, best of luck with them.

Hard to say for sure from the pic but I believe the one on the right is Pseudoharpax from the way it tapers in toward the middle and then flares back out at the base.

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Great work, love the nymph rack.

I have about 60 L2 S. nemoralis left. $3.00 each, groups of 10 for $25, 20 for $40, or 30 for $50. Free shipping on groups of 20 or more. PM me or email [email protected]. Trade offers are also welcome.

Great shots! If you want a serious challenge try Tropidomantis, they are absolutely insane little beasts.

The mantid hobby reminds me in many ways of the early days of dart frog keeping. It used to be that sterility and simplicity were considered absolutely necessary, enclosures were generally built with a base of aquarium gravel and used plastic plants and frequently broken down and sterilized...

Even if he did she would never survive his wife. Sometimes I think he married a D. tinctorius... :lol:

I was talking to Mike about that a while back, I suspect a climate controlled chamber with conditions suitable for highland Nepenthes would be a good start.

I don't understand the pressurized terrarium idea, I've heard it from several sources and it just strikes me as an internet myth. If they are from high elevations, where the air is less dense and therefore exerts less pressure, why exactly would they need to be kept in a pressurized container? I...

If you can't keep them all contact Andrew Nisip, he is working to establish them in culture.

How is your humidity? Dry conditions will cause the flies and maggots to stay low.