fruit fly eating plant

[bling]

hello is there a plant that can eat small flys i keep getting them in my beetle and millipede setups and i can't get rid of them

 

[patrickfraser]

Get a mantis!

 

[warpdrive]

Get a mantis!

WORD!!!! :lol:

Harry

 

[Arwen9]

If you can't do a mantis....

maybe a venus fly trap?

 

[more_rayne]

Get a Drosera capensis. Super easy to grow and it gets large, will catch a TON of fruit flies

 

[patrickfraser]

Get a Drosera capensis. Super easy to grow and it gets large, will catch a TON of fruit flies

Where do you get them. They look totally WILD!

 

[bling]

I do hatch chinese mantids but without a constant supply of flys they die and im not adding more in there the maggots would kill beetles and larvae.

V fly traps are only good for large flys they would not feel a f fly to shut.

Thank you so much I will try the Drosera capensis they look like the sort of thing im after

Just ordered some Drosera capensis, Drosera capensis Alba, Drosera madagascariensis

 

[more_rayne]

Where do you get them. They look totally WILD!

Drosera capensis is totally common. Sometimes you can find it at Home Depot, but most definitely on ebay. It's practically a weed, a beautiful weed.

 

[Schloaty]

D. capensis is a good one. However, really any sundew or butterword will eat those little bitty flies.

Butterwords tend to be a little more difficult to keep alive, though, so stick with the sundew (pun intended).

In addition to capensis, you can try binata, fillaformis, rotundifolia, intermedia or spatulata...just to name a few.