flytraps
Insect-capturing devices
Flytraps are plants that capture and digest insects.
The Venus flytrap is the most famous, with hinged leaves that snap shut when triggered.
Other flytraps use sticky surfaces or pitfall mechanisms.
The term extends to any device designed to catch flies: The old-fashioned flytrap hung from the kitchen ceiling.
Feeding on six-legged creatures
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- preyAnimal being hunted
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
lure · entrapment · adaptation · pitcher · sundew · butterwort · bladderwort · bog
Rounded projecting parts
- hingedConnected by pivot joint
- snapSudden sharp sound
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- CarolinaAtlantic coast region
rosette · teeth · cultivation · houseplant · terrarium · dormancy · rhizome · feeding
insectivorous
Feeding on six-legged creatures
enzymes · lure · entrapment · adaptation · pitcher · sundew · butterwort · bladderwort · bog · nutrient-poor
lobes
Rounded projecting parts
Carolina · rosette · teeth · cultivation · houseplant · terrarium · dormancy · rhizome · feeding · insects
greenhouse
Climate-controlled plant enclosure
- terrariumGlass-walled growing enclosure
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
- propagationAct of spreading widely
humidity · soil · peat · sphagnum · dormancy · watering · sunlight · repotting · division · nursery
flytrapsinsect repellents
Substances discouraging arthropod contact
citronella · DEET · fly screens · repellents · bug spray
- Venus flytrapPlant that eats insects
- Venus' flytrapCarnivorous plant with hinged leaves