The Tangled Nest

My husband Tom (who normally blogs at Bikejuju) continues our carnivorous plant adventures:
Lyanda recently described our semi-tongue-in-cheek experiments with using a Venus fly trap to catch fruit flies. As at least one commenter rightly pointed out, however, sundews (plants in the Drosera family) are much more suited to the task, covered as they are with [...]

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With the harvest season upon us, and bowls of plums, tomatoes, and apples crowding the counters, fruit flies are proliferating madly.  Some things, like tomatoes, just can’t go in the fridge without altering their flavor, and ferment more quickly when covered.  But if even one skin breaks, the flies descend!   There are lots of [...]

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