A midge massacre! (pic)

[Ecooper]

Out on the back deck of my house I have two large saucers that hold a number of small pots of carnivorous plants, including a couple of cape sundews (Drosera capensis). Well a couple of weeks ago I went out and I don’t know if there had been a midge convention on my deck or something, but the cape sundews had both trapped several non-biting midges (chironomids), all of which seemed to be the same species.

Naturally...I took pictures!

Cheers,

EC

More information and photos: http://wp.me/p2wM8r-wf

Olympus OM-D E-M5; Zuiko 60mm micro four thirds macro; manual exposure (F11 @ 1/200 sec); Olympus RF-11 ring flash (1/4-1/2 power); ISO 200



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[ismart]

Awesome pic!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Really cool, what is it that keeps the insect from escaping? I assume its the nectar on the extruding part of the plant, but i don't know much about carnivorous plants.