How to feed a carnivorous plant without live insects?

Hi everyone! Welcome to my lesson on how to feed your carnivorous plants without live insects! Many of us started growing carnivorous plants not just because of gorgeous-looking traps but how the traps actually work in front of our eyes. I still remember the first time I saw a Venus flytrap snaps a huge fly in a documentary video, I was awestruck. 😲

Shortly after getting my first Venus flytrap, I was eager to put a live fly into the trap, but it seems impossible. The live fly was too fast and even catching a cricket wasn't as simple as I thought it would be. 😵

Fastforward to now, I had come across an ingenious way to solve this problem.

Fish food. This inexpensive source of food is readily available in most pet stores.

In today's lesson I'll demonstrate how to use this on different types of plants.

Venus Flytrap

Personally, this plant is the trickiest one among all other carnivorous plants to feed as it is a trigger-based plant. Venus flytrap only shut its trap after its trigger hairs had been touched twice.

Step 1: Lightly spray some water on the dehydrated bloodworm to rehydrate it.

Step 2: Place the rehydrated bloodworm into the trap and then trigger it by touching the trigger hairs until it closes.

Step 3: Gently pinch your index finger and thumb to close the trap further multiple times for 1 minute.

Note: Some "juice" might be squeezed out of the trap due to over hydrated bloodworm. Do not to either squeeze it the trap too hard and over hydrate bloodworm.

Sundew & Butterwort

Flypaper trap plant is simple yet rewarding to feed. If you are lucky, some traps will even move quickly at real time. The video below is taken in a span of just 5 minutes.

Step 1: Place dehydrated bloodworm on the trap and enjoy!

Note: Some Sundews moves quicker than the other. Some traps take hours to close completely while others move in real time!

Pitcher plants

Pitfall traps are the easiest to feed!

Step 1: Place a few dehydrated bloodworms in the trap!

Note: Some traps will go bad if you put in too much! A few of it will be enough to go a long way.

Well done! We have now reached the end of today's lesson! Pat yourself on the back, you have now successfully learned something new about carnivorous plants! 😄

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