RE: Sarracenia food

John Phillips (phillips@library.ucsf.edu)
Wed, 27 Mar 96 08:08:45 CST

In Message Wed, 27 Mar 1996 05:34:32 -0800,
"Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist@facstaff.wisc.edu> writes:

>Hey all, a few weeks ago one of my Sarracenia purpurea had a squiggly thing
>in a pitcher too. A centipede! There's nothing much left of it either. It's
>the largest prey I've been able to document in my own plants.
>
>Anyone else have experience with "invertebrate megafauna?"
>
>Carlo
Carlo, One morning I found a 2 1/2 inch slug had fallen prey to two VFT
traps. The traps had already consumed much of what they contained, leaving
the rest to dry up. I was surprised to see they could hold onto the nasty
little mollusk.