He grows!

in #life6 years ago

The dude is becoming stronger by the day


And I discovered today that he likes to eat caterpillars.

I have a lot of cauliflower moths laying eggs on my broccoli plants which frustrates me endlessly.

So today, while I was picking the little green pests off my plants I had the ingenious idea to see if my little fly eating dude would like to eat one.

So, after finding a nice and fat little caterpillar, I placed it gently into one of dudes many mouths. And, unsurprisingly if I’m completely honest, he chomped down hard on the squishy green bastard.

And now my many jawed dude has been fed for a few more weeks.

Yes, I know this post is quite silly. But I’ve had a few wines and wanted an excuse to spend my Partiko points.

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Does one bug feed it for that long? That's a pretty effective plant. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like it would be a great way of getting rid of the summer flies that find their way inside all the time. One every few weeks is a slow way to get rid of them.

Btw, I just noticed your profile says you're still in Melbourne.

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Yep, you basically feed them bugs as often as you would fertilise a normal plant.

I should probably update my profile. Thought that I had...

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Hmm so if I spent 20,000 points would that also be a 100% vote? Did I overspend for this vote value?

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