Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:41:56 EDT From: Dickdove@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2230$foo@default> Subject: Feeding Sars
In a message dated 25/07/00 10:13:50 GMT Daylight Time,
cp@opus.labs.agilent.com writes:
<<
Dick,
Your cp's will NOT eat those mosquitoes that are going to hatch out
of your trays: mosquitoes are attracted to blood and carbon dioxide,
not to the sweet nectar that lures insects to cp's. So get rid of those
larvae! (You could put Utricularia gibba in those trays: it WILL eat
tiny mosquito larvae. Or you can dry out the trays every few days to
get rid of them. Or you can put Bacillus thurgiensis (mosquito dunks)
in the water to kill the larvae.)
As to feeding your cp's... they CAN live without insects, but they
won't thrive and reproduce well unless they get at least some food
each summer. An easy way to feed them is to purchase dried flies
meant for feeding reptiles... I add water to hydrate them, then give
some to the pitchers and VFT's.
Susan >>
Thank you Susan;I'll do as you suggest
Dick in Berkshire U.K.
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