Here's Why

Cockroach eater

Cockroach eater


Originally uploaded by iwoolf.

My Nepenthes Truncata digesting a cockroach it prevented from entering my house.



The plant was grown from a cutting made when I had to cut it free from the trellis at my old flat. Its grown bigger traps than its parent. My friends have asked me for years to grow a plant that would catch their cockroaches, and now I have.



More cuttings will be made as soon as I have the peat moss.

About the author: Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, research assistant, Cisco CCNA tutor, Physics laboratory demonstrator, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to freelance writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Diffusion radio science show on radio 2SER 107.3FM Monday at 6:30pm in Sydney or streaming audio on www.2ser.com, or listen to the Diffusion podcasts. You should follow me on twitter, here