Here's a fun little story for ya'll...
Got some Aldrovanda and aquatic Bladderworts from a very reputable grower in Va. recently and I set up two glass cookie jars with distilled water and dumped in some wet peat, waited for it to settle, then poured on some sand, waited for that to settle, then skimmed off whatever was still floating at the surface...
Then I added the Ultrics, basic aquatics, Gibba in one, Inflata in the other as well as the pond water in the bags. Well I noticed that in there with the Gibba was a Dragonfly larvae.... Cool! Those things are like the Tiger Sharks of the itty-bitty things in water world. I think I've heard of them killing fish-fry too.
Anyway, I'm growing these jars in my LowLand Chamber I have in my living room of my apartment. They look great and I'm really pleased with these recent additions.
So I'm sure you all know where this is going... I came home one night after work and there was a Dragonfly buzzing around the Chamber.. then it flew out the top and started buzzing around the room! I thought it was way Cool! My Girlfriend didn't like it so much though.. running outta the room going "ew ew eeewwww"
Haven't seen it lately, hope it didn't fall victim to the many Nepenthes I have up there.. I'm almost ready to go find some larvae and grow some more!
p.s. Not only do I think Dragonfly's are cool, but they also eat mosquitoes and those things are a BIG pain-in-the-*ss problem on Long Island.
Got some Aldrovanda and aquatic Bladderworts from a very reputable grower in Va. recently and I set up two glass cookie jars with distilled water and dumped in some wet peat, waited for it to settle, then poured on some sand, waited for that to settle, then skimmed off whatever was still floating at the surface...
Then I added the Ultrics, basic aquatics, Gibba in one, Inflata in the other as well as the pond water in the bags. Well I noticed that in there with the Gibba was a Dragonfly larvae.... Cool! Those things are like the Tiger Sharks of the itty-bitty things in water world. I think I've heard of them killing fish-fry too.
Anyway, I'm growing these jars in my LowLand Chamber I have in my living room of my apartment. They look great and I'm really pleased with these recent additions.
So I'm sure you all know where this is going... I came home one night after work and there was a Dragonfly buzzing around the Chamber.. then it flew out the top and started buzzing around the room! I thought it was way Cool! My Girlfriend didn't like it so much though.. running outta the room going "ew ew eeewwww"
Haven't seen it lately, hope it didn't fall victim to the many Nepenthes I have up there.. I'm almost ready to go find some larvae and grow some more!
p.s. Not only do I think Dragonfly's are cool, but they also eat mosquitoes and those things are a BIG pain-in-the-*ss problem on Long Island.