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Fascinating Facts About Insect Eating Plants
This note outlines bladderwort and pitcher plant interests then describes the sundew and Venus flytrap. Sundews grow four to five inches in the United States and Canada, trapping insects with sticky dew like drops on leaves. Venus flytrap closes in one to nineteen seconds, trapping flies and ants with two-part leaf traps. The plants thrive in nitrogen-poor soils and boost newspaper advertising mentions in the era.
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