Flytrap changing color around the hairs

Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369511

By Bob -  Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:57 pm
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- Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:57 pm #369511

My Venus flytrap just ate an ant and when it opened up the hairs on the inside had weird circles of green while the rest of the inside of the trap was red. What does this mean?

Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369588

By Matt -  Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:16 pm
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- Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:16 pm #369588

Hard to visualize what you're describing. Can you post a photo?

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Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369618

By Bob -  Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:03 am
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- Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:03 am #369618

The trap containing the ant’s exoskeleton is the one that I’m talking about.

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Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369646

By steve booth -  Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:07 pm
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- Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:07 pm #369646

Don’t know for sure but ants can squirt formic acid which it may have done prior to dying, burning the plant a little?
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Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369648

By steve booth -  Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:09 pm
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- Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:09 pm #369648

Don’t know for sure but ants can squirt for ice acid which it may have done prior to dying, burning the plant a little?
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Steve

Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369663

By Bob -  Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:52 pm
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- Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:52 pm #369663

What do you think I should do? And also why isn’t the smaller trap pink?

Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369693

By Bob -  Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:49 pm
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- Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:49 pm #369693

Yeah what you said makes a lot of sense especially because I feed it an ant I found in some wood, and wood ants are known to use formic acid against predators. Do you know what will happen to the plant?

Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369752

By EricSg -  Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:01 am
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- Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:01 am #369752

Bob wrote:Yeah what you said makes a lot of sense especially because I feed it an ant I found in some wood, and wood ants are known to use formic acid against predators. Do you know what will happen to the plant?

Worst case is that the trap dies (aka turns black).
The plant itself will be fine.

No worries.

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Re: Flytrap changing color around the hairs#369815

By Bob -  Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:28 pm
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- Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:28 pm #369815

Thanks for the help!

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