Pitcher plants catch their prey in a pool of water containing digestive enzymes, whereas the Venus fly trap captures an insect between the two lobes of a leaf and seals the insect inside with ...

Many carnivorous plants have special glands that secrete enzymes powerful enough to penetrate the hard exoskeleton of insects so they can absorb nutrients from inside their prey. But the purple ...

Insects are drawn to tropical pitcher plants by their bright colours and the sweet nectar they produce. However, once an insect lands in the pitcher itself, they get caught and drown in a sticky ...

By nightfall, the insect, perfectly camouflaged against the tendrils of the plant ... Even indoors, she managed to hunt, leaving disembodied wasp heads on the plate underneath the pitcher plant ...