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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #195 on: August 16, 2016, 05:44:48 PM »
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #196 on: August 16, 2016, 07:14:29 PM »
Not sure what else I can do to convince you, Fred?  ???   
I believe that some  browsers do not accept embedded videos -  Ian's  tablet only shows a link in Safari - but it is  not a question of the forum not accepting the links. The Forum is "full  " of  embedded video links - all working.
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #197 on: August 19, 2016, 08:39:42 AM »
I was minding my own business and this spider took a runner at me.I stepped aside and it followed. She's a young Nuctenea umbratica - Walnut orb web spider or Evening spider. They hide during the day and come back out onto the webs in the evening. We must have dislodged her from her hiding place when we were scraping the paint on the railings.
The bottom photo she found a little crevice to go into stealth mode.



There was another Drosophyllum seed germinated so off I went for a fibre pot and the medium. The medium was already in a bucket so I gave it a quick mix and filled the pot. Over to the Drosophyllum seed pot and transferred the germinated seed. All nice and easy until this leg appears out of the medium, then a second followed (quite a bit behind) by an ovoid body. I just watched as the Harvestman extricated himself then took him over to the wall. This lucky one is in the top two photos.

The bottom two are of one ( A much smaller one) that was resting near the top of the wall and as I had my camera on, why not



This little cutie has taken up residence between a pair of Darlingtonia flower stems. She's feeding well  ;D





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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #198 on: August 20, 2016, 11:33:23 AM »
Hello Fred, the bottom one looks like a garden spider, Araneus diadematus.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #199 on: August 23, 2016, 07:20:54 PM »
I've always liked carnivorous plants and enjoyed visiting a friend who has a large collection. He gave me some this year to make room for new plants in his collection. Now I'm buying Drosera and Sarracenia

I want to replant all Drosera in to the same size put but I cant find any plain peat in garden centres or DIY stores. Is the contents of grow bags or seed compost any use?
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #200 on: August 23, 2016, 08:31:52 PM »
Certainly not Mark, the plants require that the peat is fertiliser free. The best peat we get here is Irish, Shamrock Irish Moss Peat if you cam get it but there are several other brands that are suitable.
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #201 on: August 23, 2016, 08:39:05 PM »
Hello Fred, the bottom one looks like a garden spider, Araneus diadematus.

She certainly is that Ian, she has a sister with a web very close over the Darlingtonia and another in the top greenhouse.
There's a large web in the middle greenhouse but I've not managed to get a decent view of the occupant as of yet.
In the meantime here's the cute one again and her sister in the top greenhouse.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #202 on: August 23, 2016, 09:21:29 PM »
Certainly not Mark, the plants require that the peat is fertiliser free. The best peat we get here is Irish, Shamrock Irish Moss Peat if you cam get it but there are several other brands that are suitable.

I'll keep trying
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #203 on: August 24, 2016, 05:00:08 PM »
Not a great deal happening plant wise at present so I'm using the Arachnid population as subjects.

The resident of the top greenhouse this morning.



Incidentally that is still my sub £100 field camera.

These images should show as 8" wide. They expand to that for me when I click on them. If they don't for you they're available on my site (see signature)
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #204 on: August 26, 2016, 05:30:55 PM »
At this time of year it's amazing the amount of insects that are attracted to the sugars in Sultanas. MrsG puts some out for the Blackbirds and we're getting quite a few extra visitors.
The wasps are separating chunks off and carrying them away.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #205 on: August 26, 2016, 09:20:49 PM »
A follow-up

Phaenicia sericata
on Sultana

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #206 on: August 26, 2016, 10:26:22 PM »
At this time of year it's amazing the amount of insects that are attracted to the sugars in Sultanas.

Your photos are so small!

I have a rotten banana beside by Drosera to lure in fruit flies but none have been stupid enough to get caught
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #207 on: August 27, 2016, 08:21:35 AM »
Those photos on the sultanas are 6" wide Mark. They open up to that when I click on them.( Windows 10 - Chrome) If you don't get that, see the full size on my forum (see signature)
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #208 on: August 27, 2016, 03:29:17 PM »
This one will be big enough. :P

Dinner date - A pair of Calliphora vomitoria enjoying a meal together

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #209 on: August 27, 2016, 08:20:58 PM »
Those photos on the sultanas are 6" wide Mark. They open up to that when I click on them.( Windows 10 - Chrome) If you don't get that, see the full size on my forum (see signature)
All the last 2 pages, excepting the Egret, are wysiwyg Fred. No option to enlarge by clicking. Win 7.
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