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Whacky,
They seem to go dormant for a period of time. Maybe that's why the go dormant, cuz there's no flies. ?? I guess that makes sense.
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 29, 2006 at 6:35 PM
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Hi Alf!
We hunt for flies, too. But now, it seems the Seymour's went into their dormant stage. Damn, we were having so much fun with them. Can't wait til they wake up again.
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 29, 2006 at 6:33 PM
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Aw, Taps! What a shame!
Hopefully Pitiful was gentle!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 29, 2006 at 6:32 PM
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Spitfire...
I didn't know you moved to Oregon, we are practically neighbors now. I had some Venus fly traps when I was a kid. Like you, I grew impatient waiting for fly's to land in them so I started hunting for them. Then I tried feeding them little balls of hamburger...then chucks of Boloney. I think it was the boloney that finally killed them. So...NO BOLONEY!
posted by
A_Norseman
on October 28, 2006 at 12:04 PM
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Cool plant/s.
What ya gonna feed them when it gets cold and there are no more flies?
posted by
Whacky
on October 27, 2006 at 10:10 PM
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Spitfire, Son Mark has always loved messing with exotic plants and always thought he would like to have a Venus fly trap. So, we finally found a little one and got it for him for his birthday. It had several little fly traps on it. He was so thrilled and couldn't wait to try it out on some flies. But, that very night, Pitiful got up on the table where it was sitting and decimated it apparently eating the little traps. If Son #1 wasn't such a gentle soul, I think he might have decimated her.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 27, 2006 at 9:30 PM
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Sir Strat, I know what they are now.
They
are cool!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 27, 2006 at 6:08 PM
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Oh, Young Miss! Ant Lions are cool!
You may call them something else -- some cal them Doodlebugs. They dig this little conical depression in the ground and hide under the sand in the bottom. Then when some unsuspecting critter, like a freakin' fire ant, falls into the pit -- smooth, sandy, unscalable walls, the works -- it comes out from under and munches out.
posted by
strat
on October 27, 2006 at 6:04 AM
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Shams-i-Heartsong, REALLY??
Where can I get one of those electric ones??!! M bought one of those vacuum ones but it doesn't seem to work very well. Hmmm..maybe cuz he bought it at the dollar store!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 27, 2006 at 4:02 AM
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we have cat fly hunters too, found a great electric fly swatter
get close and they disappear in a flash literally.
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on October 26, 2006 at 8:49 PM
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Hi LovelyLady!
Back atcha!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 26, 2006 at 7:03 PM
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posted by
lovelyladymonk
on October 26, 2006 at 6:55 PM
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Um, Sir Strat,
What the hell is an ant lion?
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 26, 2006 at 4:57 PM
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Success, Lindsey (the German Shepherd) puts in a good
effort but sadly, she's not very skilled at it! My Aussie, Taylor used to just sit and watch a fly out of the corner of her eye (hey, that rhymes!) until it got close enough. She'd stay really still and then WHAP! Gets it on the first try!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 26, 2006 at 4:57 PM
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My Beloved's little corgi is an excellent fly trap.
But I do love the Venus Fly Traps -- they're fun. I also enjoy watching ant lions at work.
posted by
strat
on October 26, 2006 at 10:55 AM
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Tek, my black lab, does our fly catching
He's pretty good at it too. We don't have many though.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on October 26, 2006 at 7:12 AM
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Mrs Tanga,
Ya know where M got our Seymour's from? At LOWES!! Really!
posted by
SpitFire70
on October 26, 2006 at 5:08 AM
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We need a fly trap like that.. we have tons of flies here...
buzzzzzz buzzzzzz
Mrs Tanga
posted by
Tanga
on October 26, 2006 at 4:30 AM
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