My traps have been hungry

My traps have been hungry#438585

By wcrosman -  Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:36 am
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- Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:36 am #438585

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Re: My traps have been hungry#438591

By Intheswamp -  Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:30 pm
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- Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:30 pm #438591

You may have a problem there. I think that if part of the bug is sticking out of the trap it can't seal good and ends up rotting. That's why bugs or fish food roughly 1/4 the size of the trap are/is usually recommended when hand feeding. Not to say that will happen here, but...

Re: My traps have been hungry#438592

By wcrosman -  Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:35 pm
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- Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:35 pm #438592

I am aware and saw that wings are sticking out. They are outside and captured these on their own. Just have to let them do their thing.

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Re: My traps have been hungry#438596

By Intheswamp -  Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:37 pm
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- Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:37 pm #438596

Just wanted you to be aware.

Re: My traps have been hungry#444517

By joecal87 -  Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:19 pm
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- Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:19 pm #444517

Intheswamp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:30 pm You may have a problem there. I think that if part of the bug is sticking out of the trap it can't seal good and ends up rotting. That's why bugs or fish food roughly 1/4 the size of the trap are/is usually recommended when hand feeding. Not to say that will happen here, but...

i’m still relatively new to this but i figured this was ok if outdoors because it will attract more bugs to it? what’s the fear here with leaving it, possible fungus?

still learning don’t mind me!

Re: My traps have been hungry#444532

By Intheswamp -  Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:44 pm
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- Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:44 pm #444532

Attract more bugs to what?....a rotted leaf? If you don't care if the leaf has a very good chance of rotting then leave it.

Re: My traps have been hungry#444539

By DragonsEye -  Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:04 pm
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- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:04 pm #444539

I wouldn’t worry about this either. What will happen will happen. No use worrying about it. Is unfortunate though, in that first picture at least, it appears that the trap caught a lace wing — a beneficial predator.

Blessed are the "cracked" ... for it is they who let in the light.

Re: My traps have been hungry#444542

By andynorth -  Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:25 pm
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- Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:25 pm #444542

DragonsEye wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:04 pm What will happen will happen. It appears that the trap caught a lace wing — a beneficial predator.

Myself, I see it more along the lines of "Circle of life". They may be beneficial, but it appears he strayed too far from his normal feeding grounds. You said it correctly, "what will happen will happen".

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