In this video, I hatched 1,000 flies and placed them in a container with 50 Venus flytrap plants. Will the large number of flies trick the Venus flytraps into closing, or will the flies simply die?
The inner side of the Venus Flytrap trap has small sensory hairs. The bending of a hair, for example by an insect, may cause the trap to snap shut. The animals caught are then broken down by an enzyme ...