Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:24:36 -0400 From: "Michael Hunt" <stovehouse@earthlink.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2243$foo@default> Subject: Re: Ben Wiley and flytraps
Hey Bruce,
For a different opinion. I have plants at different heights. But at 6 ft
to 8 ft the flytraps catch plenty of flies and wasp, and a occasional
butterfly.
Take care,
~ Mike
St. Petersburg Fl
> Hi Ben,
>
> You will be more successful at feeding your flytraps
> if you move them closer to the ground. The plants
> have been mis-named all the years, you see, since
> flying bugs are a smaller portion of their diets than
> crawling bugs. I see almost exclusively spiders,
> beetles, and ants as meals for my flytraps. Keeping
> the plants on a 3-foot high table is actually taking
> them above their prey. Move them to the ground and
> you'll see more action. Hope this helps
>
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