Question about those plants that eat bugs...

Clintonista2

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Sun Nov-25-07 07:54 PM
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Question about those plants that eat bugs...

Are they easy to take care of? Like... do they need anything special, or do I just feed them water? I have these horrible little bugs flying around and they are sooo annoying. Is there one particular bug eating plant that it most effective?

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Fire Walk With Me

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Sun Nov-25-07 07:58 PM
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1. Try wikipedia.org for Venus Flytrap...

There are also pitcher plants, but they might not be good for a domestic situation. There's another that has tiny fronds with sticky substances on the ends, that might work as well as a Venus, which might prefer medium-sized bugs.

I'm just blowing stuff off the top of my head. Check the net and hope it works...

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VenusRising

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Sun Nov-25-07 07:58 PM
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2. It depends on the bug you have.

If they are gnats or fruit flies, you can get rid of them easier with a trap that with a plant. A plant can only handle so many. Maybe try a glass left out half filled with wine covered with plastic wrap with a few holes poked in the top. They will be drawn to the fermented smell of the wine and will get into the glass and have a harder time getting out of the glass if it's covered.

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ironflange

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Sun Nov-25-07 09:03 PM
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4. Seconded

I had a zillion fruit flies in the house once, so I took a spaghetti sauce jar, punched a few holes in the lid, threw in an apple core, and set it out. Every couple of days I put the whole thing in the freezer to kill the ones in there, then set it out again. It sure cut down their numbers, and I eventually discovered they were all living in a bag of raisins in the pantry.

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XemaSab

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Sun Nov-25-07 09:05 PM
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5. I don't know why this post made me laugh,

but it did. :D

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Mon Nov-26-07 10:08 PM
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6. I was cutting garlic for dinner tonight

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I don't know why this was SO FUNNY, but it was. :D

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Sun Nov-25-07 07:59 PM
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3. I used to have a Venus' Flytrap.

It was pretty easy to take care of; I just had to feed it a fly now and then. I do remember that it had to be kept in a damp terrarium environment and if I overfed it, its traps would rot and fall off. It will work only if the bugs in your house are attracted to the traps. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap

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