>> Just recently I noticed on a D.capensis, that leaves were being
>> "shaved" of their tentacles. I don't know whether this was caused
>> by disease, insects, or some environmental factor. I removed the plant
>> from my collection, because they are extremely weed like anyway, but
>> I'm just curious.
> I have on occasion found snails and slugs causing this kind of
> effect (less damaging than cats, but still annoying,) - I lost
I agree with the slugs or snails theory, but I would still like to mention
an unusual insect forager on Drosera leaves in eastern Canada. This was
mentioned at least a decade ago in a "Canadian Naturalist" or related
Entomological journal. During an early instar of a certain Canadian
Lepidopteran species, the larvae (caterpillar) is documented to feed mainly
on Drosera leaves before it goes on to it's next instar and a different
prefered food source.
Strange but true,
Randy