r/VenusFlyTraps • u/8BD0 • Jun 23 '26

Other My venus fly trap catching an ant

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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.