Fly Flys

How to trap flys for my venus fly trap?
What kind of contraption can I make to catch live flys for my venus fly trap?
Venus Fly Traps should be dormant in the winter and they should not be fed. In fact, you really never need to feed a venus fly trap. They get all the nutrition they need from the sun. They are green, which means they have chlorophyll and can photosynthesize. Anything that they can catch on their own is fine for them to eat. Obviously there aren't any bugs out in the winter, so that means that they don't need to eat. Think about where they are native to (Wilmington, North Carolina) and try to mimic the growing conditions there. In winter, there aren't bugs out, so obviously the plants won't be eating.
Assuming you live in the northern hemisphere, your plant should be dormant right now. During dormancy, they don't need much water. Just enough to keep the soil moist, but not wet. When they are growing in the spring, summer and early fall, they need a lot of water. I use the tray method where I set the pot in a tray with 1 to 2 inches of water and refill the tray as needed to keep the water level stationary.
In case you are new to growing Venus Flytraps, I will give you some basic tips. There are really only 4 things Venus Fly Traps require to stay healthy:
1) Sunlight - at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day
2) Water - rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water only
3) Soil - Nutrient poor soil such as peat moss
4) Dormancy - Venus Fly Traps require a 3-4 month dormancy period
Venus fly traps like lots of light. Try to give it at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. The more you can give it the better. It is best to grow your fly trap outside where it can get plenty of sun and catch its own food. You don't actually have to feed a Venus Fly Trap anything other than sunlight and water. If you do choose to feed it, don't over do it. Feed it only insects and at most only a couple a month.
Venus fly traps need clean water. Usually tap water will not do. It is best to use distilled water, rain water, or reverse osmosis water. Venus fly traps need water with a TDS (total dissolved solids) measurement of 50 ppm (parts per million) or less. In order to get this, you probably need to use distilled water or reverse osmosis water or rain water. Their soil should be kept wet at all times except during the winter when it should be just moist. It is best to use a tray and set the plant in an inch or two of water.
If you need to repot, for soil you can use a combination of peat moss and perlite. Most growers use a 50:50 mix of peat moss and perlite. I have been leaning toward using pure peat moss lately. Venus Fly Traps aren't picky, but be sure to use some form of peat moss or sphagnum peat moss with perlite or vermiculite to ensure that the media is nutrient poor.
Without a dormancy period, your plant's health will start to decline and it will eventually die. You should definitely put your trap into dormancy next fall. You can read more about dormancy here:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/venus-fly-trap-dormancy.html
If you have any more questions, you can join the forum on my site and ask them there:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/
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