So What Do You Feed a Venus Flytrap?

If you are wondering how and what to feed a venus flytrap plant, the menu is pretty simple.  About once a month or even longer, you can feed your flytrap some bugs!  The most common meal fed to a venus flytrap plant is flies. Surely you can come up with a half dead, wiggly fly from time to time, right?  If you don't have a fly, you can try feeding your venus flytrap a spider or a cricket. 

You want to avoid beetles, caterpillars and a few others.

Never feed your venus flytrap hamburger meat or chicken.  I am not sure why some people do this or tell others to do this, but it is bad for your plant!

Remember, your flytrap may not need to eat more than once a month.  So, don't panic if 5 or 6 weeks go by and it is not interested in a meal.  Especially during the dormancy period.

Venus Flytrap Dormancy Coming to an End!

The dormancy period of the Venus Flytrap is coming to an end.  Are you ready to let your flytrap come to life again?  In mid-February it will be time to shed a little more light on your plant.  Not yet, but I just wanted you to be ready.  Maybe a new venus flytrap terrarium is in order to celebrate the coming out party?

Right now, you should have your plant enjoying a nice, restful dormancy period.  It does not require complete darkness, just a place out of direct sunlight.  Someplace like a dark porch or garage.

What if My Venus Flytrap is not Hungry?

Why Won't My Venus Flytrap Eat?

That is a real possibility.  There is most likely nothing wrong.  A Venus Flytrap Plant does not need to eat daily or anything close to that.  Feed it a bug once a month or so.  If it won't accept the food you are offering, simply wait a week and try again.  No big deal.  Make sure it is something that your venus flytrap likes, like flies! 

When you are feeding your plant a fly, are you wiggling it?  You need to make sure the inner hairs are stimulated.  At least two hairs in a row.  This lets the plant know that it has really got something.