When you have Sarracenia full of flies and other insects and they're all
buzzing like crazy trying to get out of the pitchers, especially on
sunny days when you can actually see through the pitchers due to the
sun's backlighting all the individuals struggling up and down the
insides of the tubes it can get a bit unsettling, but then again that's
just how nature is. I wonder how a spider must feel being paralyzed and
then eaten alive by a tarantula hawk larva, or how a caterpillar feels
slowly being eaten from the inside by parasitic larvae of flies and
wasps, I'll never forget as a boy hearing the terrible sounds frogs make
when they were caught by snakes in the creek behind my house, or the way
rabbits scream when they're grabbed by raccoons. It's always rough
being prey, but carnivorous plants use much more gentle methods than
their animal counterparts. Still, I agree with you, I wouldn't trade
places with those yellow jackets! :-)
Regards,
Demetrios