[NepNut]

I found another plant nearby which have the same thing happend to it's pitcher. The new pitcher is normal like any red albo, the plants also look normal, just these older pitchers... I have seen pitchers where the white band is partly gone just like old paint falling off from the wall and there's no sign of this balck marking. The plant is not exposed to direct sunlight, it's was slightly under shade in the forest canopy as far as I can tell from the rainy weather that day.

From most of my observation, the main "diet" for the albo there are black ants (up to 3cm) and some winged insects. Never saw any termites in the picther before. I'm guessing it might be somekind of fungus that grow on where the white band suppose to be?? I'll keep my eyes open for the same "phenomenon" my next trip there, maybe go back to check on the same picther... this is by far the 1st time ever I saw this. I actually thought it's very cool to have a black band instead of white, would be great if can replicate what had happend there...