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Dionaea muscipula · venus flytrap

healthyPoolside patio

Light Full sun · Water ⚠️ RO / distilled / rain ONLY · Soil peat+perlite, no fertilizer · Pets ✅ non-toxic

🧬 genusDionaea muscipula💧 waterReverse osmosis, distilled, or rain only. Tray method, never tap🪨 soilPeat and perlite, no fertilizer🐾 pets✅ Pet-safe (eats bugs, not Cinder)

⚔️ arena card

🪤 mongoCarnivore
lv 50
HP6
MP5
ATK9
DEF4
SPD3
🏟️ Florida +1 (sun and rain lover)
✦ Snap Trap catches its own prey; recharges on a cold winter rest.

"Lean in close. I only look like a plant."

⏳ then → now

mongo then
then · 2025-06-03
mongo now
now · 2026-06-10

12 months surviving the Florida arena

📸 babies → now 16

mongo 1
2025-06-03 · settling in on the patio
mongo 2
2025-06-22
mongo 3
2025-08-03
mongo 4
2025-08-07
mongo 5
2025-08-17
mongo 6
2025-09-12
mongo 7
2025-09-27
mongo 8
2025-10-17
mongo 9
2025-10-25
mongo 10
2025-11-07
mongo 11
2025-11-07
mongo 12
2025-11-14
mongo 13
2026-04-29
mongo 14
2026-05-01
mongo 15
2026-05-17
mongo 16
2026-06-10 · flowering 🌼

🪴 care

📝 log

🌿 identification

Confirmed Dionaea muscipula. The toothed snap-traps are unmistakable (IMG_2574). Planted in a wide bog pot with sphagnum and sand plus what look like companion bog plants. The only Venus flytrap species. Many named cultivars exist but the care is identical.