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how should an insect look like when the trap is done with it
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:47 pm
by Tilt
Hey
My trap has been catching a couple of bugs lately, but when it opens up after a week or a lil bit more, the insect inside, even if dead dosen't look like it's been digested.... just trapped there
is it normal?
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:12 pm
by ModeratelyExcessive
Yeah, they look pretty much like any dead insects, if maybe just a little squished. What the trap does is digest all the juices from inside the bug, it doesn't actually digest the outer body.
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:09 am
by heathenpriest
Yeah, they don't totally disappear or turn to slime or anything. Mine usually just leave the insects looking dried up and maybe slightly flatter than they originally were. Really soft-bodied bugs look a little more squished than others, but that's about it.
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:01 am
by kevinqwe
sometimes they look a little shriveled up
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:23 am
by Oblivion
its just a bug, but crispified and dried out
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:00 am
by kaepora gaebora
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:15 am
by Oblivion
kaepora gaebora wrote:http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/dionae ... sci058.jpg
here is a picture of a dead bug.
millipede?
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:13 pm
by Jaws
Some of my traps are just reopening after a week from feeding some small crickets, and im amazed how little of the insect is left.
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:13 pm
by Jaws
Oblivion wrote:kaepora gaebora wrote:http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/dionae ... sci058.jpg
here is a picture of a dead bug.
millipede?
Looks like an Earwig.
Re: how should an insect look like when the trap is done wit
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:46 pm
by Tilt
thx for the tips
