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Post by xoxfreebirdxox on May 14, 2009 19:20:21 GMT
Im looking to conduct an experiment on types of insect species attracted to VFT, and by what means they are attracted, UV or olfactory, or both. I could use some input please to refine this experiment! I also want to see if insects not native to areas where the VFT are located would be attracted to the plant.
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Post by Michael Catalani on May 14, 2009 19:32:59 GMT
Im looking to conduct an experiment on types of insect species attracted to VFT, and by what means they are attracted, UV or olfactory, or both. I could use some input please to refine this experiment! I also want to see if insects not native to areas where the VFT are located would be attracted to the plant. Without giving up too many details (in case you want to find out for yourself thru experimenting), a vft's trap notoriously captures a certain kind of prey after catching it's initial meal. In other words, a new trap catches prey. Then reopens. The next capture has a very high chance to be a certain kind of prey if it is located in your area. |
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Post by unstuckintime on May 14, 2009 23:45:55 GMT
I dont know if you want our data or not, but i have definitely observed a high amount of Daddy Long Legs ensnared in my venus flytraps.
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Post by xoxfreebirdxox on May 14, 2009 23:53:42 GMT
sure, i'll check out ur data...where was the location?
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Post by unstuckintime on May 15, 2009 0:04:20 GMT
Middlesex County, Mass. I dont have anything in the ways of numbers, so it really isnt data, but there was usually a significant amount of Daddy Long Legs captured by my plants.
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Post by xoxfreebirdxox on May 15, 2009 0:17:01 GMT
ok...still helpful information, thanks!
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Post by kulamauiman on May 15, 2009 19:11:38 GMT
Middlesex County, Mass. I dont have anything in the ways of numbers, so it really isnt data, but there was usually a significant amount of Daddy Long Legs captured by my plants. Saw something quite similar with a friends plants in California. We don't have them in Hawaii so that doesn't happen here. Was so odd just seeing legs sticking out of the trap..... Have you considered using a Y-shaped olfactometer to do your tests?... Mach Fukada |
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Post by xoxfreebirdxox on May 15, 2009 21:52:58 GMT
actually, I was reading about a six-arm olfactometer that would give me more results quicker...but i was considering a y-shaped one first...it would be odd seeing legs sticking out of the traps like that!
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Post by kulamauiman on May 16, 2009 7:28:09 GMT
 and it didn't seem like the only one...... Mach Fukada |
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Post by xoxfreebirdxox on May 25, 2009 3:08:28 GMT
cool!
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Post by jimscott on May 30, 2009 22:10:07 GMT
Seems that most of the time I see spiders being caught, not so much the flying insects.
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