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What food does a Venus Flytrap need to survive?
flies HAnnah =)
What does a Venus Flytrap have that lures insects to them?
A Venus Flytrap needs insects in order to survive like any other plant. As they typically grow in a boggy environment with few nutrients, insects are the best way for the Venus Flytrap to survive and feed on.
What do you call a baby venus fly trap?
Dionaea_muscipula">Dionaea muscipula
Do you need to feed a Venus Flytrap?
Unless there is a shortage of flies, or it looks like it is dying, you do not need to feed a Venus Flytrap for it to survive.
What kind of shelter does a Venus Flytrap need?
protection from humans
Why does a Venus flytrap need a stem?
Because when it digests nutrients from the insect it kills the nutrients go down the stem into its roots so that the Flytrap can survive ------------------------------------------------ Without its stem it would die and digesting food would be impossible to do
Is a Venus Flytrap a heterotroph or autotroph?
It is an autotroph. It doesn't need to eat flies to survive. I had a venus fly trap and never gave it flies and it lived just fine with photosynthesis. Heterotrophs need to eat others to live.
Why does the Venus Flytrap eat animals?
Venus Flytraps eat flies and insects because their environment resulted in the need for nutrients contained in them. They adapted to that environment and developed the traps for catching flies.
What experiment could you do to find out if Venus flytrap plants need to digest flies to grow?
figure it out your self
What is the Venus Flytrap's skeletal system?
The Venus Flytrap is a plant and so does not have a skeleton in the usual sense that we think of, that is bones. Plant cells have cellulose in their cell walls which allow them to form rigid structures and stand without the need for an internal skeleton.
Why do venus flytrap need to eat inscects?
The plant grows in poor soil so needs nutrients from elsewhere
Do Venus Flytraps have to eat bugs?
Yes. As their habitat lacks good quality nutrients and the chemical, Nitrogen, it is mandatory that the Flytrap gets its energy from other sources - eating insects. Photosynthesis alone would not keep the Venus Flytrap alive.
