DO NOT feed your Venus Fly Trap anything other than insects. Under no circumstances should a Venus Fly Trap be fed something that it couldn't catch on its own in nature. First of all, this will likely make the trap turn black and die if it actually forms a seal around the meat and starts to digest it. Continually feeding a Venus Fly Trap stuff like chicken, beef or pork could actually end up killing the plant.

Secondly, it is unlikely that the trap will even seal completely to begin the digestion process because it requires live prey on the inside of the trap struggling to signal the trap to seal.

The only things you should feed your Venus fly traps are insects. Any kind of insect is fine. Flies, beetles, spiders, wasps, earwigs and pretty much anything that crawls or flies and is an insect is good.

The reality is that you don't actually need to feed your Venus Fly Trap anything other than lots of sunlight. If you grow it outside, it will catch all the food it needs on its own and get plenty of sun.

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food other than bugs
written by carole, August 25, 2008

i don't know what to feed my fly trap .is their any other food's i can feed it (not bugs)?

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Re: food other than bugs
written by Matt, August 25, 2008

See the first sentence above "DO NOT feed your Venus Fly Trap anything other than insects." And also the last paragraph: "The reality is that you don't actually need to feed your Venus Fly Trap anything other than lots of sunlight. If you grow it outside, it will catch all the food it needs on its own and get plenty of sun."

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written by Tommyr, October 12, 2008

VFTs do NOT need to be fed. They will get all the bugs they need while outside. Actually, they get the majority of their food from Sunlight, bugs are like desert for them.

They should not be grown inside, they will not last long inside.

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