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A Venus Flytrap is both a producer and a consumer.
It makes its own food by photosynthesis, which means it is a producer.
However, it must trap and digest flies or other organisms in order to get the nutrients to manufacture the food. That means it is also a consumer.
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∙ 12y agoVenus fly traps and pitcher plants are producers but they are also consumers.
Since they make their own food by photosynthesis, they are producers.
To make that food, they must trap and digest insects and absorb the nutrients that are missing from the soil they grow in. That means they are also consumers.
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Plants.
Do venus flytraps have backbones?
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What is a insectivores plant?
These are plants which eats insects that lands on them.
Are Venus flytraps aliens?
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Carnivorous plants like Venus flytraps
Are grains producers consumers or decomposers?
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Are animals are considered to be producers in the carbon cycle?
No. Animals are consumers. Plants are producers.
Do Venus Flytraps eat ants?
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Were do the fly trap plants come from?
Venus Flytraps are native to Carolina.USA.
How do Venus Flytraps communicate?
Plants cannot communicate with one another.
Are pitcher plants nonvascular or vascular plants?
Pitcher plants are vascular plants.
