Wild Side Earth on Instagram: "The Venus Fly Trap is a fascinating carnivorous plant that captures and digests insects for nutrients. It has special leaves that act like traps — when an insect touches the tiny hair-like sensors inside the leaf twice, the trap snaps shut in less than a second! Once the prey is caught, the plant releases digestive juices to break down the insect and absorb its nutrients. This unique mechanism helps the Venus Fly Trap survive in nutrient-poor soils where most other

Which Venus Flytrap Catches the Most Bugs? | The Flytrap Garden

Time to get plants OFF the menu! Venus flytraps are a species of carnivorous plant endemic to the eastern United States. These plants are well known across the globe for their unique strategy of attracting and “eating” insects with their namesake traps, but have you ever thought how they might be pollinated? Insects all over the world are pivotal in the process of plant pollination and reproduction, and it’s the same with carnivorous plants as well! Venus flytraps have developed an equally cleve