For me, the most fantastic quality about sundews is the way they capture their prey. Whether they curl and tighten around struggling insects or just smother them in dew and tentacles, these plants can be incredibly dramatic. I've seen dedicated sundew picture threads, but I have not come across one for displaying their gruesome captures. So I ask you, fellow 'dew growers, what has your sundew snagged?
I'll start it off with a few pictures of my plants doing what they do best.
My favorite action photo. My D. capensis wrapping around a dangling fly.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733098052/" title="Drosera capensis snags fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7733098052_e39d6eeea4_z.jpg" width="434" height="640" alt="Drosera capensis snags fly"></a>
Drosera capillaris seedling about 2cm in diameter feasting on a fly.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7854749954/" title="Untitled by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7854749954_b051462568_z.jpg" width="640" height="587" alt="Untitled"></a>
Drosera indica snaring an earwig.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733092960/" title="Drosera indica by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7733092960_ff0828715a_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera indica"></a>
A tremendous fly about to be wrapped up.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733094036/" title="Drosera capensis catches huge fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7733094036_c9541005ea_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera capensis catches huge fly"></a>
Another fly trying to pull away from the dew to no avail.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733097042/" title="Drosera indica catching fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7733097042_ddc9f5f65e_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera indica catching fly"></a>
The twisted corpse of a fly on my D. adelae.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733556448/" title="Drosera adelae digesting prey by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7733556448_a707922025_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera adelae digesting prey"></a>
I'll start it off with a few pictures of my plants doing what they do best.
My favorite action photo. My D. capensis wrapping around a dangling fly.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733098052/" title="Drosera capensis snags fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7733098052_e39d6eeea4_z.jpg" width="434" height="640" alt="Drosera capensis snags fly"></a>
Drosera capillaris seedling about 2cm in diameter feasting on a fly.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7854749954/" title="Untitled by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7854749954_b051462568_z.jpg" width="640" height="587" alt="Untitled"></a>
Drosera indica snaring an earwig.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733092960/" title="Drosera indica by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7733092960_ff0828715a_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera indica"></a>
A tremendous fly about to be wrapped up.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733094036/" title="Drosera capensis catches huge fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7733094036_c9541005ea_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera capensis catches huge fly"></a>
Another fly trying to pull away from the dew to no avail.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733097042/" title="Drosera indica catching fly by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7733097042_ddc9f5f65e_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera indica catching fly"></a>
The twisted corpse of a fly on my D. adelae.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/7733556448/" title="Drosera adelae digesting prey by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7733556448_a707922025_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Drosera adelae digesting prey"></a>