- A Fascinating carnivorous plant in Juneau, Alaska is a project in progress.
- I have found it mostly in the bogs near the end of the Eaglecrest Road and in the upper part of the first meadow on the Spaulding Meadow Trail.
- It is unusual in that its stem has sticky hairs which traps the smaller insects.
- Also after it goes to seed a Geometrid moth larva is often seen eating the tiny seeds within the seed pods. I think this caterpillar pupates withing the seed pods and part of the plant or on the ground at the base of the plant. I hope to eventually see and photograph one of the adult moths. This might be necessary in order to determine the species of moth that visits these plants. Its also possible that the adult female moth lays her egg or eggs on this plant. Perhaps the eggs overwinter and the eggs hatch the following spring. Also the adult may emerge in fall or overwinter in the pupal stage and emerge in the spring.
To learn more about a close relative of this plant look at /sites/default/files/e2022724118.full.pdf
And this sketch by Kathy Hocker /sites/default/files/KH-tofieldia.pdf