Guest Frank MacGregor Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I'm a grade 8 student doing a science project on venus fly traps. I fed some millworms, others crickets, others flies. The plants did not do particulary well but the ones I fed crickets seemed to do best. Was this because the crickets contain more nitrogen? Does anyone know how to rate these insects for nitrogen? I'd appreciate some feedback as soon as you can manage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter22 Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I don't know, but I've heard that crickets contain alot of protein... Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zongyi_yang Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 ah, another grade 8! im a grade 8 too . welcome to the forums. Zongyi :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zongyi_yang Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 oops, i frogot to answer your question. i could be that the crickets are usually bigger than flies and millworms. millworms are pretty fatty, so don't know if vfts will appreciate that. flies dont contain as much body mass than crickets. don't know if thats true, so somebody correct me. Zongyi ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroJon Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 You know though, with only 3 VFTs say, there is most probably the result is due to consequence and the fact that if you repeated the experiment in the same way, you'd get different results... If you try say at least 5 plants each victim, then you'd probably get more accurate results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave2150 Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 You know though, with only 3 VFTs say, there is most probably the result is due to consequence and the fact that if you repeated the experiment in the same way, you'd get different results... If you try say at least 5 plants each victim, then you'd probably get more accurate results. I agree with this fully - each plant is different etc - so show a trend you need 5-10 vfts Id say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I have never heard of Millworms, do you mean Mealworms? If so I would have thought that it would be a similar situation to a vft catching a wasp. The meal is just too big and juicy to digest and would probably cause the trap to start rotting. The only plant I have ever fed mealworms to is my Neps occasionally, I prefer to feed them to the little Robin that visits my garden every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroJon Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Thing is with crickets, is that they move a lot, so they'd be good stimulants for the plant perhaps. Worms would move a lot too... Mealworms are lame tbh, they sit there and die, not really doing much, and probably won't fit fully in the trap? Not too sure, but i used normal flies which work very well, just slap them out the air or put some in a tub in the fridge if you dare to, quickly take them out and use some tweezers... the rest is obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 Do you realise how complicated the digestion is in a VFT ? The VFT will actually adjust the composition of the digestive fluid according to the type of prey that it has captured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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