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wasp living in a Sarracenia flava


Question
I have a wasp that is stuffing the pitcher of my Sarracenia flava with cut grass. it coils the blades and has filled 3 of my pitchers.  Have you ever heard of this happening anywhere? My plants are in a dish pan bog in Huntington WV zone 6a

Answer
Hi Mac,

Yes.  This happens in nature also.  Since you are not that far from some native Sarracenia habitats some of this wasp species probably encountered your plants and thought that it hit the jackpot.  It won't harm the plant on the whole, but it will damage that leaf that the wasp builds it's little nest in.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com

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