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Would a venus fly trap help deal with house gnats? (self.greenspace)

submitted 1 year ago by kbyanyname to c/greenspace

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I've got several small houseplants in my home office, and I really like having them around. I'm still pretty new to taking care of them altogether, though, and we've gotten dozens of tiny house gnats now. I've put up sticky traps and tried to use some pest control in the potted soil. But would a small venus fly trap be able to help here?

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[–] czech@no.faux.moe 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, not really. My VFT catches gnats but I don't think it would effectively reduce them overall.

[–] kbyanyname 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to know! I was really hoping someone out here would have first-hand (leaf?) experience. Thank you!

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm going to agree with them. I had one as a kid and while I didn't ever see it catch a gnat I can pretty much guess how it would go.

They'll snap shut at the lightest touch so you get one maybe two gnats in there and it shuts. Then, at least with mine IIRC, they always took 30 minutes to an hour to reopen even if they didn't catch anything.

I also don'tthink they'd keep up but, depending on how many gnats you're seeing, and how many VFTs they might. They are cool as hell though so honestly it ain't gonna hurt to try.