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A Venus fly trap needs 12 hours of sunlight each day, or 6 hours of artificial light. Of course, it need flies to feed on. You also need to keep the soil of the VFT moist at all times. Some people say VFT plants are the hardest plants to take care of. Good luck with your plant!
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoFor it to grow, occasional meat feeding of an insect (one feed per head) and to be kept in a warm, humid position out of direct sunlight. Feed must be alive to stimulate head to close.
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What does the Venus Flytrap get from the insects it 'eats'?
It gets nutrients for it to survive.
How does a venus fly trap ability to trap flies help it survive?
The venus flytrap absorbs nutrients from the fly or other insect. These nutrients are essential to the flytrap's health.
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.
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
How does the Venus Flytrap get energy?
The Venus Flytrap gets its energy by trapping the flies and using their energy to catch more flies and survive.
What food does a Venus Flytrap need to survive?
flies HAnnah =)
What nutrients do venus fly traps get from bugs?
They get nutrients to help them live
How does a Venus Flytrap get its food and energy?
The fly trap survive off of flys and can survive without light but this isn't optimal. For the fly trap to survive for a long period of time they have to have a dormancy period every year that lasts three to five months. Without this it will weaken and die. Fly traps can also live through frost and light freezes. Freezes that last an extended period of time can kill a fly trap however.
What is in the Venus Flytrap's stomach?
The Venus flytrap is a plant and does not have a stomach. It uses strong juices to break down its prey and absorbs the nutrients through the inside of the traps.
Does the Venus Flytrap live in the desert?
No, Venus Flytraps thrive in fairly warm, but moist places - like swamps, which have poor soils.
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.
When was Venus The Flytrap created?
Venus Flytrap was created in 1768.
