Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:22:08 EDT From: CMDodd@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3268$foo@default> Subject: Re: S. leucophylla
In a message dated 98-10-12 06:04:43 EDT, you write:
<<
Hi! What insects have other people out there seen their S.Leuc's eat? I'm
not talking (or writing as the case may be!) about whatever insect happens
to end up in a pitcher, I'm talking about mass consumption of the one type
of insect.
I ask this because my two plants are just dynamite on the local, common
housefly population - as fast as the plants can spit out another pitcher, it
will fill up with flies! This year's fly problems inside the house
-no screens- is, well... non-existent. I should note that I live in
Australia, and I have no idea if we have the same species of flies as
America or anywhere else for that matter.
Hoping for some feedback,
Dave.
Brisbane,
Au.
>>
Here the central Florida I am about 200-300 miles from Natural populations of
S. leucophylla and have noticed that the pitchers produced in autumn are death
on native moths. I believe that is the reason for the luminous white
pitchers, to attract night-flying moths. The timing of the traps in fall
seems to coexist with the hatching of moths. The pitchers fill within days of
opening.
Since you are in your spring the pitchers may catch different prey in
different seasons, or simply not attract the same insects in you area.
Anything to knock down the fly population in OZ can't be bad!
Cliff
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