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title: "Hi can someone help me what’s going on with my Venus fly trap"
description: "Hi can someone help me what’s going on with my Venus fly trap"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/fMWO-0wPRtaZcusLnrW0-Q"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Leah Ward"
published: "2024-09-08T13:59:10.734738Z"
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# Hi can someone help me what’s going on with my Venus fly trap

_Posted by Leah Ward on 2024-09-08_

Hi can someone help me what’s going on with my Venus fly trap

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## 4 comments

### GreenLeaf commented on 2024-09-08

Its normal for traps to die (the ones going black). You can remove once the individuals have gone all black. It looks like its got a few new traps coming out, so I wouldn’t be worried about it :)

#### Leah Ward replied on 2024-09-08

It’s just it’s happening at a crazy rate, this is over the course of 5 days

#### GreenLeaf replied on 2024-09-08

Honestly, as long as its got new growth I wouldn’t be too concerned. I often have multiple traps die at the same time due to their similar ages. Traps can only open/close a few times before they die off, so if those have been eating a lot thats another normal reason for them to die.

These also enter a period of dormancy, the whole plant will go black and “die”. But it will come back in a few months if handled correctly (I’d suggest doing some research about this process).

If you want to make adjustments, I would say based on the color of your healthy traps it could use more light. Your traps will go bright maroon/red when they’re getting enough light :)

#### Leah Ward replied on 2024-09-09

Okay thank you! I just repotted him bc he had some really bad root rot, I’ll see how he fairs between now and the next growing season

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