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title: "Sorry I have been posting a lot but I need to know I just got this…"
description: "Sorry I have been posting a lot but I need to know I just got this Venus Flytrap at the store should I take it out of this plastic case? One more thing should…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/nCqjNmswTlS-vtdufEldHw/64d8fe4ed039f88931046c54"
community: "Carnivorous Corner"
author: "Stella"
published: "2023-08-13T16:01:18.822Z"
language: "en"
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# Sorry I have been posting a lot but I need to know I just got this…

_Posted by Stella on 2023-08-13_

Sorry I have been posting a lot but I need to know I just got this Venus Flytrap at the store should I take it out of this plastic case? One more thing should I feed it? I don’t have many flies in the house that it could chow down on and if I am supposed to feed it what should I feed? Ants, bugs?

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## 4 comments

### Sam commented on 2023-08-13

You can also buy live meal worms you can keep them in a fridge and take them out when you feed them that way you wont need to keep tickling the hairs

### Danika commented on 2023-08-13

Just to clear up a common myth, Carnivorous plants do not NEED to be fed bugs. They do need sunlight like any other plant, and this is its food/energy. Think of bugs like an added bonus fertilizer.

### Danika commented on 2023-08-14

Right, from time to time, and as you said, in order to thrive, not to survive. That was my general understanding from watching several long docu-videos from carnivorous growers. The growers had a massive farm and stated the bug feeding was mostly a misunderstood as necessary, when in fact they explained it more as an added bonus and to think of it like fertilizing. Check out the video i attach in photo.

I love california carnivores! They are great, i’ve learned a lot from them too. I’m sure the truth is somewhere in the middle as it usually is when comparing sources for info! Lol. 😜

I think new carnivorous parents may be approaching feeding bugs as if the plant will die unless they do this., which is not true.

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