Can Carnivorous Plants Catch Too Many Insects? Drosera adelae Case Study

No—catching ~2 gnats/day is trivial. In summer, our sundews are speckled with hundreds of insects. No upper limit exists; plants simply stop producing dew if overwhelmed (rare).

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DVD Volume 2 (releasing this month) covers tropical sundews and butterworts in depth.

Good Growing!

Jacob Farin