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Insectivorous plants typically trap insects that land on them and digest them for nitrogen and phosphorous. The plant uses digestive juices to absorb the soft insides of the insect and discards the shell when finished.
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∙ 11y agothey trap it in different ways using their specialities given by the only and one god
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∙ 12y agoThe plant digest's the insect by secreting digestive juices and digests the plant. It absorbs nutrients in it's Stomach type of bag.
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∙ 12y agoInsectivorous plants "eat" insects to provide supplemental nutrients that the plant cannot get from the poor soil that it grows in.
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Why insectivorous plants called partial autotrophs?
insectivorous plants contain chlorophyll thus they can prepare their own food but they also feed own insects to fulfill their nitrogen requirements thus are called partial autotrophs and partial heterotrophs.
Why do insectivorous trap insects?
Well, they have to trap insects so that they can get energy (food) to survive.
Why do carnivorous plants eat insects?
The question is not why these plants use photosynthesis, it's why they are insectivorous! All plants use photosynthesis, but only some of them live in such poor soil that they have adapted this unusual method of obtaining nutrients. Insectivorous plants get nutrition from more than one source. Insects are primarily a source of protein, and photosynthesis is a source of carbohydrates. Plants need a lot of carbohydrates, in order to grow.
Which insects eat plant?
There are little hairs lining the inside, usually about 3. As an insect walks on the plant, it touches the hairs, and once they have all been touched, the plant knows to start closing up to get its food.
How do plants and animals obtain their food?
Plant obtain their food from the sun. The process is called photosynthesis. Animals obtain their food from animals or plants.
Are plants detritus feeders?
Not directly; plants obtain food from nutrients in the soil like nitrogen and phosphorus partially from decomposed plants, although they do not break down detritus, certain fungi, microorganisms, and insects do.
How do stick insects obtain their food?
they use a straw
How do carnivorous plants obtain water?
Through photosynthesis, like any other plant.
Is there any plant that does not make food?
insectivorous, to the contrary are food making plants. However there are at least two flowering plants (I don't recall the names ) are parasitic on other plants especially tomatos and eggplants and don't make food
Why insectivorous palnts behave like heterotrophs?
There are a few palnts that supplement their inorganic diet with organic compounds.These organic compounds are obtained by trapping and digesting insects and small animals.In this way they behave like haterotrophs (i.e. they obtain their food from other organisms).
What kind of food does a swallow eat?
Swallows are insectivorous feeding on the many tiny insects which fly through the atmosphere. They feed exclusively on the wing not on the ground.
Why do birds fly around and around in circles?
Insectivorous birds fly in circles to catch flying insects.
