Yes, they can still supply food to the plant 2 ways - the digestive juices, and photosynthesis. At what point it stops giving food (the point at which it ultimately stops and completely turns black) is unclear. Hope that helps!

Another question. If a trap is starting to go brown not because of eating a bug but because its cycle is comeing to a close, should I cut them off so the plant can concentrate on making more traps or should I just leave them be?

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people tell me I have the body of a god... too bad its buddah.

You can cut off dieing traps or just leave them alone. After all, in the wild nobody goes around cutting off traps!

Let nature take it's coarse!

Tom

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