Venus Flytrap

Looks and Appearances (also see pictures and videos)

  • The Venus Flytrap has two "leaves" that are green (sometimes the leaves are red inside-other times it's all green).
  • The red pigmentation sometimes found on the inside is used for attracting the flytrap's prey. 
  • Has "teeth" attached to the leaves that serve as the holding bars (usually white or green).
  • The leaves open wide and on them are short, stiff hairs called trigger or sensitive hairs. 
  •  So basically it looks like a mouth with very sharp teeth and hairs all over, and all in it. 

Behaviors 

  1. What does it eat?
~ Like other plants, the Venus Flytrap still has chlorophyll, so through photosynthesis it is able to make its own food.
~ Unlike other plants the Venus Flytrap is also able to use animals (mostly just insects) in order to get its nutrients. 
 2.  
 Where does it live?
~ The origins of the Venus Flytrap are not certain- but people all over the world keep them as "pets" and they can cope with all kinds of conditions. 
Its growth in the wild today, however, is restricted to the bogs in the central southeastern coastal plain of the United States.
 3.   Is it the prey of any organisms?
The Venus Flytrap can be eaten by little bugs that are called aphids, and if the fly trap is a baby it would take about a week to kill the plant; if it is a full grown Flytrap it would take about 4-5 weeks to kill the plant. 
~ It is listed among poisonous plants- so not much eats it.
 4. Does it have a symbiotic relationship with anything? 
~The Venus Flytrap has a parasitic relationship with the insects it "eats." The Flytrap benefits from the nutrients from the insect it traps and the insect is harmed (or rather killed)- not benefiting at all. 
 5.  Growth (video below)