venus flytrap

     

The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches an digests animal prey (mostly insects and arachnids). The trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves. The plant's common name refers to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, whereas the genus name refers to Dione.Dionaea is a monotypic genus closely related to the waterwheel plant and sundews.

Trivia about venus flytrap

  • The hungry South Carolina native seen here
  • This plant seen here with jaws agape is found in the Carolinas, not on another planet:
  • A member of the sundew family, it requires about 10 days to fully digest an insect
  • These insectivorous plants are only found natively in North & South Carolina
  • This carnivorous member of the sundew family is native only to a small area of the Carolinas
  • Despite its name this carnivorous plant also eats caterpillars, spiders & crickets
  • Better-known name for dionaea muscipula, a carnivorous plant native to the coastal regions of the Carolinas
  • This plant named for the goddess of love "eats" insects for the nitrogen that's lacking in the soil where it grows
  • The scientific name of this carnivorous plant found in the Carolinas means "Aphrodite's Mousetrap"