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What do sundews eat?

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insects (e.g flies & mosquitoes. If you have a sundew and want to feed it, you can use fostered bloodworm ,small crickets ,and ants.Never feed them raw meat this will kill them!

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Sundews primarily eat insects in nature, but if cultivating sundews indoors, they can be fed bloodworms, beta fish food pellets (ground up) and more.

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