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By Mrconnor
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I noticed when I feed mine, sometimes they open back up and there is still bloodworm remains or what have you. Is this common?Image
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By Bluefire
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The plant doesn't digest its prey's exoskeleton. That's what you see when the trap opens. In nature, the wind would blow it away or the rain would wash it out. In your house, you can remove it with tweezers or something.
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By Mrconnor
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Bluefire wrote:The plant doesn't digest its prey's exoskeleton. That's what you see when the trap opens. In nature, the wind would blow it away or the rain would wash it out. In your house, you can remove it with tweezers or something.
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By schmeg
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However, if the trap opens within a few hours, or a day, and the bloodworm remains don't look sucked dry, the trap may not be digesting or absorbing the nutrients at all — spitting it out, so to speak. Most traps take a couple of days to consume food.

Trap trigger hairs are designed for live, wiggling bugs. It is possible to deposit a freshly deceased fly into a trap and massage the sides closed to trigger the hairs.
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