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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
Recomendation for a Newbie?
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<blockquote data-quote="Griever" data-source="post: 90555" data-attributes="member: 2700"><p>If it is a small venus fly trap, in my experience its best to wait till their a fairly large size before actually feeding them bugs. The "traps" can only open and close 2-3 times before turning brown and dying and artifically setting off a trap will drain its energy. When their little they don't produce that many leaves all to quickly and if all the leaves or "traps" turn brown the plant is in trouble. Typically a young plant will do just fine by pulling enough nutrients from the substrate to grow. Larger plants don't actually catch flies all too often in nature usually fly traps only need 2-3 flies a month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Griever, post: 90555, member: 2700"] If it is a small venus fly trap, in my experience its best to wait till their a fairly large size before actually feeding them bugs. The "traps" can only open and close 2-3 times before turning brown and dying and artifically setting off a trap will drain its energy. When their little they don't produce that many leaves all to quickly and if all the leaves or "traps" turn brown the plant is in trouble. Typically a young plant will do just fine by pulling enough nutrients from the substrate to grow. Larger plants don't actually catch flies all too often in nature usually fly traps only need 2-3 flies a month. [/QUOTE]
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