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Re: Can i feed my Flytrap Dead bugs?

By pieguy452
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Joined:  Sun May 22, 2011 11:09 pm
-  Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:35 pm #154754
The flytrap's growth slows down or may even completely stop for weeks. I believe it's because the flytrap is using most of its energy trying to digest everything.
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Re: Can i feed my Flytrap Dead bugs?

By Starchy
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-  Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:31 pm #154887
Next to growing a flower, digesting bugs is the most exhausting this a VFT can do. This is why the trapping mechanism is designed to allow smaller bugs to escape. It's natures way of giving the VFT a break from the tiresome process of digestion without getting a worth-while amount of energy from the bug.
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