Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.
They also generate some of their energy from photosynthesis. These are plants that have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs.
Carnivorous Plants can be found on all continents except Antarctica, as well as many Pacific islands.
In 1875, Charles Darwin published Insectivorous Plants, the first treatise to recognize the significance of carnivory in plants, describing years of painstaking research.
1. PITCHER PLANT
All that’s left of unfortunate frogs caught by this plant are little frog slippers.
The skin on the frogs’ feet is the only part the plant doesn’t digest.
2. VENUS FLYTRAP
The leaves of the Venus flytrap snaps shut if its tiny hairs are brushed twice by an unsuspecting bug.
3. YELLOW PITCHER PLANT
The leaves of this meat-eating plant fill with rainwater. Bugs fly in, but they don’t fly out!
4. COBRA LILY
Bugs get confused by the translucent windows in the plant’s leaves. They think they’re escaping, but they’re really flying deeper inside.
5. BUTTERWORT
Butterwort bristles have gluey hairs that snag insects until the plant’s digestive juices do their work.
6. MONKEY CUP
Insect larvae feed on the leftovers found inside the cups of these plants.
Thirsty bugs are drawn to what look like raindrops on the leaves. But the “water” is actually a glue-like substance to trap insects. Talk about a sticky situation!
8. BIG FLOATING
These plants live in the water and trap tiny aquatic animals in their cup-shaped leaves.
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