Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider

Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5090

By New Planter -  Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:06 am
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- Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:06 am #5090

hi, i am quite lost & confused when i saw my trap is opened after 8hrs when it trapped a small spider in it. cos' from what i read up from sites, i know that once the traps trapped an insect inside, they will be closed at least 1-1wk plus before re-open. however, i m really surprised to see my VFT trap is opened just a few hrs later. hope to get some solutions & find out why it happened this way... thk u.

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5093

By Adam -  Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:00 am
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- Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:00 am #5093

The spider might have died shorltly after the initial close of the trap. If the hairs on the inside of the trap do not continue to be stimulated by a struggling insect, it will open up because of a false positive that it received.

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5110

By Eric -  Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:34 am
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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:34 am #5110

I think either the spider died or the plant just digsted it really fast,but I doubt it could digest that fast!
Or maybe the trap didn't get the spider and the spider just crawled out before the trap sealed.

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5112

By New Planter -  Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:28 am
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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:28 am #5112

hmmm...its not like both of you said. The trap is opened a few hrs after it trapped the small spider, but the spider is still moving about, instead of being digested by the plant... and worst of all, the spider spinned its web around VFT.

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5116

By Eric -  Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:47 am
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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:47 am #5116

I think maybe the spider was too small and the venus flytrap didn't think it was worth digesting so it let it go.
The spider web won't do any harm to your flytrap and maybe someday the spider will fall into the trap and finally get eaten.

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5117

By WORMSS -  Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:43 am
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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:43 am #5117

yeah, but tis a case of, the web will be catching insects that would potentially go into the traps.

kinda like having a fishing pole in the water but then a giant net around it so no fish can get to it...

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#5128

By Adam -  Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:47 pm
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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:47 pm #5128

Don't worry about that. A spider that small will be catching things that are too small for the traps anyway.. I leave spiders to do their thing around the flytraps. Eventually they fall to the folly of their ways!

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6522

By kevinqwe -  Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:43 am
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- Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:43 am #6522

there is one trap in mine that wont open. i was just playin around with it and it closed so far it hasnt opened for almost 4 days?? shouldnt it have opened when it recieved the false postive feeling

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6544

By Adam -  Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:15 pm
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- Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:15 pm #6544

It's probably opened and closed it's maximum amount of times. That trap will now be only photosynthesizing.

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6546

By Aging_Bourbon -  Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:34 pm
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- Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:34 pm #6546

hello, can you post a picture of the plant? i want to see the over all health of the plant. to me it sounds liek your plant isn't healthy

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6604

By kevinqwe -  Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:20 am
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- Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:20 am #6604

i cannot find a way to make the pic smaller. just posting it ,it's like 3000x2000

Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6605

By Matt -  Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:24 am
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- Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:24 am #6605

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6607

By kevinqwe -  Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:28 am
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- Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:28 am #6607

hope these pic r good

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6608

By Matt -  Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:42 am
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- Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:42 am #6608

The pics look good. Your flytrap isn't the healthiest one I've seen and it looks like it's starting to send up a flower stalk. You should probably snip that off.

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Re: Why trap only closed for 8hrs after trapped a small spider#6609

By kevinqwe -  Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:45 am
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- Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:45 am #6609

yea true, how does that effect the plant if it bad? do i need to cut the whole thing or just the top

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