Re: Wish I had a camera...

From: Miguel de Salas (mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au)
Date: Mon May 08 2000 - 20:56:37 PDT


Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 13:56:37 +1000
From: Miguel de Salas <mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1447$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Wish I had a camera...

At 08:46 PM 08-05-2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I really wish I had had a digital camera earlier, or some film for
>the old Canon. My S. alata has been nearly as gluttonous as my S.
>flava. Today, I noticed that in addition to brown spots, it has some
>holes in its larger pitcher. Tonight, I saw a spider feeding on
>something through one of the holes.
>
>I've got some film now, so hopefully I can get it on film if it
>happens again, but I suspect I've missed the moment.
>
>-Kit
>
>

My Sarracenia alata has some holes in a pitcher as well... I wonder if it
was a grasshopper or maybe a wasp. Here wasps seem to make up 99% of the
pitcher's diet, as well as my VFT. As they're looking for somewhere to
hibernate and stocking up on reserves, they fall easy prey :)

Miguel de Salas

 School of Plant Science,
 University of Tasmania,
 PO Box 252-55, Sandy Bay, Hobart
 Tasmania, Australia, 7001.

mailto://mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au

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