fruit fly eating plant
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patrickfraser
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Get a mantis!
Arwen9
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If you can't do a mantis....
maybe a venus fly trap?
maybe a venus fly trap?
more_rayne
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Get a Drosera capensis. Super easy to grow and it gets large, will catch a TON of fruit flies
patrickfraser
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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
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
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more_rayne
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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
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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.
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.
