Re: Ben Wiley and flytraps

From: Michael Hunt (stovehouse@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jul 26 2000 - 09:24:36 PDT


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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