Alun Salt @alun@toot.wales

I don't normally post work on my personal account, but this one is weird.

Sundews are carnivorous plants. They eat insects, including caterpillars and other larvae that wander across them. But a fly, Toxomerus basalis, lays its eggs on a sundew. When the larvae hatch, they live their lives on the plant wandering around looking for food.

It's like leaving your kids with a serial killer for a babysitter.

https://botany.one/2022/05/toxomerus-basalis-the-fly-that-uses-a-killer-as-a-babysitter/

#botany #plants #DamogranFrondCrestedEagles

Stop picking carnivorous penis #plants, Cambodian environmental officials plead
https://www.livescience.com/carnivorous-penis-pitcher-plant-picked
People picking penis pitcher plant poses problems.
#botany

Mae LIDAR yn trawsnewid sut dyn ni'n gweld coedwigoedd.

LIDAR is transforming how we see forests.

#planhigion #plants #botany

https://eos.org/features/a-lidars-eye-view-of-how-forests-are-faring