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CAMAROBOY69
03-20-2006, 01:27 PM
I have always wanted a Venus fly trap. Well yesterday Heather bought me 4 of them! I cant wait to see the plant eat a fly or some kind of insect. They close extremely fast over a piece of paper or whetever else you put into them so I want to see a bug get captured. :evil:
Anyone else have one of these exciting plants?
ProStreet R/T
03-20-2006, 02:32 PM
I have some carnivorous freshwater fish, but never a plant. One of these days i'd like to have a decent size shark just cause they are so bad ass.

So have you fed the plant anything cool like pieces of hotdog yet?
JoshStratton
03-20-2006, 02:54 PM
I have always wanted a Venus fly trap. Well yesterday Heather bought me 4 of them! I cant wait to see the plant eat a fly or some kind of insect. They close extremely fast over a piece of paper or whetever else you put into them so I want to see a bug get captured. :evil:
Anyone else have one of these exciting plants?

I am kind of a fruit-loop. I like to do landscaping, as well as cars, and one of my favorite shows is called 'Gardening by the Yard with Paul James' He is a goofball. Anyway, he did a feature on those plants one Sunday morning a few weeks back. They are freggin cool! I didnt realize there were more than just Venus Fly Traps. Apparently there are all kinds of meat eating plants!

I have a small dog you could use to feed it....i think the wife would be pissed though. *sigh*

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ProStreet R/T
03-20-2006, 03:07 PM
Hmmm, is that the dog from men in black? The Alien dude?
dhardison
03-20-2006, 03:33 PM
Hmmm, is that the dog from men in black? The Alien dude?
I dunno about that, but I can say that the pooch is the spitting image of Josh. :naughty:
JoshStratton
03-20-2006, 04:48 PM
Nah. That dog is good looking!
Damn True
03-20-2006, 07:08 PM
Feed me Seymore

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TonyL
03-20-2006, 10:09 PM
I've had lots of them.

-dont cause the traps to shut without food in them. The plant will excrete the ensimes that it takes to digest the bug, and it hurts the plant.

Just give it time. you can "feed" them with dead flies till they catch one on its own.
wantahertzdonut
03-21-2006, 08:54 AM
I seem to remember hearing those things died after eating 3-4 times. Am I incorrect?
CAMAROBOY69
03-21-2006, 09:06 AM
The only part that dies is the individual leaf part. If it captures an insect it stays shut until its dead. THen the leaf (mouth) will die. There are at least 10-25 in some of the pots that I have. The cool part was they are only $5.00 each. I will try to get some pics up some time in the near future. I am guilty of putting paper in the mouth to make it close. I ddint realize it was bad for the plant but its just sooo cool to watch them snap shut. I have to try and finda bug to put in there.
trapin
03-21-2006, 03:26 PM
Stick your finger in there...see what happens.:smoke:
D Rock
03-21-2006, 06:42 PM
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CAMAROBOY69
03-22-2006, 04:21 AM
Stick your finger in there...see what happens.:smoke:
I did. It just closes and tickles a little. I did capture some daddy long legs and I held their legs and set the body right into the mouth. I giggled like a little school boy watching the spider get captured. His little body is in the mouth and his legs are sticking straight up. hehe :evil:
AAW
03-22-2006, 06:07 AM
um... Ewwwww.

I'm leaving this thread and not coming back.
:screwy:

ewww ewww ewww
~Theresa~
trapin
03-22-2006, 12:02 PM
What the heck...if they're only $5 a piece I might buy a couple for my boys and set em outside this Summer. They'd get a kick out of that. Post some pictures if you get a chance.
CAMAROBOY69
03-22-2006, 12:03 PM
Yes only $5.00 each at walmart and each pot can carry anywhere between 10-25 mouths. :) I will try to get pics sometime soon when things wind down. MABEY EVEN A VIDEO! Some of the mouths are about the size of a quarter. Most are smaller. I want to see them catch a fly.