Will this kill my pig of a VFT?

[ameliepoulain]

All my CPs looks happy @ my place, everyday is like a free buffet, the d. adelae catches green spiders, housefly and not counting the numerous ants - black, red etc.

The VFT too has been catching alot of stuffs, but yesterday, I saw a "ulat bulu" - the spiky kind moving along the VFT that I got from David. Lo and behold, before I could find a stick or something to remove it, one of the traps was set and the 'ulat' was trapped. The whole of it! Only the long spiky antennae left sticking out between the VFT 'teeth'!

Now I'm worried sick if that will be too much of a meal for the VFT, will that kill it? Should I just cut of the trap & be done with it?

Advice and suggestion very much appreciated.

[cactustts]

No problems, it should be OK. But when there is something jutting out from the trap (a leg of a grasshopper for instance), it may caused the trap to go blacken, but I think those are only tiny thin hair, it shouldn't be a problem.
But even if the trap got blacken, it won't kill the whole plant, just that particular trap will slowly blacken and dry.

TS

[ameliepoulain]

Here's a photo of the trapped 'woolly caterpillar'. Notice how full the trap look?

[artificialive]

heheh! amelie, it wont kill the plant just let it enjoy the meal.. if ure lucky, the trap wont turn black. But as mentioned before, if the trap got something sticking out of the trap, it would turn black and dry..

[tarence]

mine has eaten a caterpillar too....i see lots in the garden nowadays coz of the rains. i know it`s worse in Penang, up north etc coz it` like raining non-stop there.

[lisham]

yessa... Raining everyday, morning to evening, eveining to morning... Worried something will happen to the vft and sarracenia and neps too....

[cactustts]

The continueous cooler temperature and dimmer condition (no sunlight) may induce the sarracenia & VFTs to go sleeping in our tropical climate. Be careful when this happen, if you keep them too wet when they already gone into dormancy, the bulbs or roots may rot. Keep an eye on them.