Pest control on sarracenia.

[Whimgrinder]

I've only ever seen Wasps chew their way out of a pitcher. That'd be my assumption as well.

[Cruzzfish]

Okay guys, a picture is coming tomorrow. I was doing history homework for most of today, and now it's too dark for my camera to get a focus on it. I'll get one to you guys tomorrow morning.

[nimbulan]

I've had plenty of wasps chew their way out of my pitchers too. Sometimes they don't quite finish the job and there's a wasp head sticking out for the rest of the season.

[Cruzzfish]

Okay, here are the pictures. All the chewing is done where prey lands, so I think it might be wasps.


And then something chewed the top of it also.


I'm just wondering why it happens to one pitcher at a time, and not to the others until one falls.
Lastly, something mangled this sundew tentacle if it helps.

[SubRosa]

I'm more certain wasps are the problem.

[Cruzzfish]

Any ideas on discouraging wasps in particular? I'd rather not have to put a net over the whole pitcher.

[Cthulhu138]

You can stuff the mouths of the pitchers with poly floss.

[Cruzzfish]

Okay. I'll try that and see if they stop being chewed up.