Carnivorous plants (sometimes called insectivorous plants) are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.
1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
3. Snap traps utilize rapid leaf movements.4. Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.5. Lobster-pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.Nepenthes pitchers hang from tendrilsN. rajah, also occasionally take small mammals and reptiles.Cobra lilies (Darlingtonia californica) use window-like aeriolae to lure insects into their hollow leavesThe Albany Pitcher Plant is the only member of the Australian genus CephalotusHeliamphora chimantensisSarracenia (the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, because it is relatively hardy and easy to grow.)Butterwort with preyA sundew with a leaf bent around a fly trapped by mucilage.The leaf of a Drosera capensis bending in response to the trapping of an insectCephalotusThe snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.Sarracenia psittacina, also known as the Parrot pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America.Sarraceniaceae
1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
3. Snap traps utilize rapid leaf movements.4. Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.5. Lobster-pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.Nepenthes pitchers hang from tendrilsN. rajah, also occasionally take small mammals and reptiles.Cobra lilies (Darlingtonia californica) use window-like aeriolae to lure insects into their hollow leavesThe Albany Pitcher Plant is the only member of the Australian genus CephalotusHeliamphora chimantensisSarracenia (the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, because it is relatively hardy and easy to grow.)Butterwort with preyA sundew with a leaf bent around a fly trapped by mucilage.The leaf of a Drosera capensis bending in response to the trapping of an insectCephalotusThe snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.Sarracenia psittacina, also known as the Parrot pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America.Sarraceniaceae
