What's eating my alpine butterwort?

Alpine Butterwort (Pinguicula alpina) is a cool-growing carnivorous houseplant with sticky leaves that trap small insects and fungus gnats — a built-in defence. The primary pest risk is fungus gnats in wet media and occasional mealybugs at the base. Overwatering is usually more damaging than any pest; keep humidity moderate and pots never waterlogged.

Larvae in the wet mineral medium attack roots; adults are caught on the sticky leaves but larvae still damage plants below the surface Use a very well-drained mineral mix; avoid standing water; apply Bti drench; yellow sticky traps

White cottony deposits at the base of leaves or in the crown; weakened, misshapen new leaves Remove with a rubbing-alcohol-dipped cotton swab; do not spray heavily — wet crowns rot on cool Pinguicula