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Venus flytrap Slender pitcher plant
Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
Cape sundew Common butterwort Roundleaf sundew Waterwheel plant Venus flytrap Crimson pitcher plant Raffles' pitcher plant
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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
Sundew. Drosera. Droseraceae. Drosera capensis. Cape sundew. Insect-eating plants. Carnivorous plants. Close-up of a cape sundew plant.
Carnivorous Plants Quiz
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Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
Sometimes plants bite back.
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Venus flytrap
The sensitive traps of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) capture and...
© Mary Lane/Fotolia
Slender pitcher plant
Pitcher-shaped leaves of the carnivorous slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis).
© So happy/Fotolia
Cape sundew
Sticky mucilage along the modified leaves of the Cape sundew (Drosera capensis)...
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Common butterwort
The flowers of the common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) rise above the...
© Gerald Corsi—iStock/Getty Images
Roundleaf sundew
Sticky gland-tipped hairs of the roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia),...
© Maslov Dmitry/Fotolia
Waterwheel plant
Carnivorous waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa). An aquatic species,...
© Denis Barthel
Venus flytrap
Close-up of the carnivorous traps of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
© Jane/Fotolia
Crimson pitcher plant
The carnivorous pitchers of the crimson pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)...
Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Raffles' pitcher plant
Pitcher of the carnivorous Raffles' pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana).
© rpiola/Fotolia
Attenborough's pitcher plant
Attenborough's pitcher plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii), an endangered carnivorous...
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Carnivorous bladderwort
Leaves and bladders of bladderwort (Utricularia).
Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Cape sundew trap
An active trap of the Cape sundew (Drosera capensis). Sensitive tentacles...
© Thomas C. Boyden
cobra plant
Cobra plant (Darlingtonia californica)
Verna R. Johnston
cobra plant
Carnivorous cobra plants (Darlingtonia californica).
© NoahElhardt
slender pitcher plant
Passive traps of the slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis). The leaf...
© Robert and Linda Mitchell
Venus's-flytrap
Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
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Western Australian pitcher plant
Western Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis), a carnivorous...
W.H. Hodge
Yellow sundew (Drosophyllum lusitanicum) showing (left) form of plant and...
W.H. Hodge
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