What's eating my mitchell's pitcher plant?

Mitchell's Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia x mitchelliana) is a hybrid carnivorous pitcher plant grown indoors or in cool bog gardens. Like other Sarracenia hybrids, it is most commonly attacked by aphids on developing pitchers, with scale insects and fungus gnats as secondary threats. Healthy plants with proper rain water and winter dormancy resist pests well.

Soft-bodied colonies on pitcher lids and outer walls; new pitchers emerge deformed or blackened Rinse with distilled water; apply insecticidal soap; introduce predatory insects in outdoor settings

Armored or soft scales on rhizomes and stem bases deplete stored energy over winter dormancy Scrape off manually; wipe with isopropyl alcohol; inspect rhizomes when repotting each spring

Larvae in saturated peat or sphagnum cause root rot and plant collapse in small pots Use tray method with only distilled or rain water; install yellow sticky traps; add a thin perlite top-dressing