Actually, we tried to look for one at the markets but no one had any.
We also found a different solution: the cricket bat.
Now that we're living in a house with more open space, it's harder to corner a fly with the cricket bat, so when we were at the Eumundi markets and saw venus fly traps for sale, we bought one.
We were a little disappointed to find that it hadn't caught anything for the past week. I guess it wasn't its fault; we haven't had many flies in the house lately.
A little worried for its health, I moved it outside where it would have more opportunities to catch something to eat.
But still, nothing.
So when I saw a giant ant wandering around our front door today, I called for Nathan and asked him to catch it. I was half joking and wasn't really expecting Nathan to do it, but he did!
And without me knowing, he fed it to the fly trap. I only found out when I heard him yell, "whoa, that scared me!" when the trap closed on the ant.
By the time I got to them, this is what I saw.
I was a little disappointed that I missed seeing the trap close! I'll be sure to hang around to watch next time.
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