Natural prey—Cariblatta lutea lutea, Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Parcoblatta lata, and nymphs of Parcoblatta sp., North Carolina (Wray and Brimley, 1943): Most of the cockroaches seemed to have been trapped accidentally with the possible exception of C. lutea lutea, 11 of which were found in Sarracenia pitchers.
Sarracenia purpurea Linnaeus
Natural prey.—Cariblatta lutea lutea, North Carolina (Wray and Brimley, 1943).
Sarracenia minor Walter
Synonymy.—Sarracenia variolaris Michx. [Howard, personal communication, 1958].
Natural and experimental prey.—Periplaneta australasiae, Florida (Treat, 1876): After the insect imbibed some of the fluid in the pitcher it became docile; others became highly active and rushed wildly about before becoming quiescent. See also Treat in Scudder (1877).
Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Riley, 1875).
Family NEPENTHACEAE
Nepenthes ampularia Jack
Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Singapore (Dover, 1928).