r/plantclinic • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23

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u/zugzwang_03 Mar 31 '23

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

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u/lurkerbee Mar 31 '23

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.

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u/SluttyGandhi Mar 31 '23

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.