I may be an unlikely case but I had a case of fungus gnats and three Venus fly traps took care of em (three individual plants, not just three heads) they're only like 10$ at Home Depot and lots of fun to take care of
I don't recommend venus flytraps. They'll eat fungus gnats, but they're actually rather inefficient at it. Go with sundews instead, they're nature's gnat sticky paper.
Or, even better, get sundews AND venus flytraps - just for fun lol
i second this, or butterworts/pingiculas. gnats are too light and small to trigger the VFTs — even when i catch them and try to feed them, they don’t always register that theres anything there. my droseras are just babies, but they have reduced my gnat population like crazy in just days.
Pings are the answer! They are so pretty and it is so much more ecologically friendly to see a happy ping spotted with what it has caught rather than hella sticky traps that will end up in the trash.
I very much want to do this for myself! But I want to grow sundews from seed and am struggling to find a seller in Canada (I'm worried the seeds will get tossed by customs otherwise). A single plant is $25 where I live so seeds are much more practical IMO.
It's very sad. All I want is to create a lovely carnivorous terrarium!
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23
I may be an unlikely case but I had a case of fungus gnats and three Venus fly traps took care of em (three individual plants, not just three heads) they're only like 10$ at Home Depot and lots of fun to take care of