Ant ate my plant

[branman1971]

Pretty new to this. Bought a $5.00 Walmart VFT about 6 months ago and brought it home and loved it and it has actually done well, considering that the 3 or 4 that my mom bought me as a kid all died. Looked outside today and found 2 huge winged-ants crawling all over my plant chopping it up. One ant either got trapped and then ate his way out of a trap or he just ate holes in the trap. Almost all of the traps were sprung. Anyways, just wanted to put a couple of pictures on here and maybe get some feedback on what I could do different or better. Brandon

 

[branman1971]

 

[cool85k5]

Can't see it.



Jerry

 

[herenorthere]

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll eat that venus fly trap
Anyone knows an ant can't
Eat a venus fly trap
But he's got high hopes

 

[branman1971]

Why can't I post pics? I put them on photobucket, and then pasted the URL into the photo slot.

 

[branman1971]

Also, I had at one time what I now know to be a flower spike. It got to be about 3 1/2 inches before it turned black at the top so I cut the black part off. Then it kept turning black further down the stalk. I kept trimming. Is this the stalk that provides seeds?

 

[Not a Number]

Just copy and paste the img code line directly into the post.

Just clip the stalk once and leave it be. It is natural for it to wither away eventually.

 

[Drosera36]

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