Two months later and the Venus Fly traps are still alive. A most remarkable occurrence. My thumbs are getting greener. The Venus Fly traps are native to North Caroliner, USA and while I have not ventured to that neck of the woods I am guessing their natural habitat is damp as these plants like to be sitting in a shallow tray of water. The water absolutely has to be pure water, ie no tap water as chemicals in tap water will kill the plants. I hacked a takeaway container keeping the lid on to reduce evaporation. It works well, just not very elegant and I saw some mosquito larvae swimming in the water.
Plans are in the pipeline to machine an enclosure out of 3mm perspex. The design intent is shown below.
