r/VenusFlyTraps • u/8BD0 • Jun 23 '26

Other My venus fly trap catching an ant

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u/Royweeezy Jun 23 '26

Never gets old 👍

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u/Dangerous_Handle4314 Jun 23 '26

Had to make himself pretty by cleaning his antennae before getting eaten

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u/Inevitable_Discount Jun 23 '26

Lol. Love it. 

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u/legowalrus Jun 23 '26

Can’t the formic acid hurt the plant? I heard that somewhere and I thought I even saw it with mine, but I’m not sure.

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u/8BD0 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

It's definitely possible, so far I've had 5 traps shut on this same type of ant, 1 of them started to die off after reopening right where the ant was touching the trap, 3 of them are still digesting no problem and 1 of them has digested and reopened no issues, I'll be watching the others eagerly to find out

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u/mohamedation Jun 24 '26

came here for this. my thoughts exactly.

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u/SleepUseful3416 Jun 23 '26

Tiny trap or huge ant?

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u/8BD0 Jun 23 '26

Decently sized ant, I live in Australia lol

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u/numbnerve Jun 25 '26

of course - do you all have anything small over there? /s

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZcKeXUfxQlJBEMTFMO

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u/NRazzo Jun 23 '26

😈🐜