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***UPDATED*** Darlingtonia not looking happy...


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EDIT: Managed to get some much better pictures of the pitcher in question, anybody know what might have caused this? Brown patches developed a day or two in advance, before the hole appeared and the pitcher as a whole doesn't look too good. rest of the plant seems alright.

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Thanks again.

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Malformations of the tongue are nothing to worry about. Perfect ones are rarer!

It's hard to determine anything about the spot on the pitcher. An in-focus photo even if it has to be taken from a little further back may help.

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That is caterpillar damage. Frass is clearly visible in the last photo of the munched hood. Probably the caterpillar of a Tortrix moth, it will be hidden in some webbing within the pitcher.

Either search until you can find and extract the little monster, or remove the pitcher completely.

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Had a feel and couldn't tell if there was anything inside. Removed the pitcher and sliced it open. Sure enough, there was a *tiny* little green imposter munching away on the inside, who has now been disposed of.

Thanks for the super-fast reply and for your help, you were spot-on!

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