Argo88 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Hi! Just now I was looking my purpurea venosa with the help of a light... in a pitcher with a prey, in the water, I’ve seen a lot of small animals that swam in the water around the dead bug... probably they help the plant to digest the preys... sorry for the quality of the video FFC920BC-9F42-4DE9-ADD1-89DD9801F3B8.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carambola Posted October 12, 2019 Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 Looks like water fleas (Cladocera) from what I can tell. They don't really help the plant digest, but they aren't harmful creatures either. After watching the video clip a couple of times, I noticed something else: there's a small bug crawling on the outer right side of the leaf. I wonder if this is footage of its last living moments before it fell into the Sarracenial abyss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argo88 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 Hi Carambola!! Thanks a lot for identification!!;-) the bug you have seen is a springtail... there are a lot on my sarracenia, and very often they fall in the abyss;-) in my opinion it is very interesting to see that, either very far from its natural habitat, a very common purpurea is a little world of small creatures;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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