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Venus Flytrap
The Venus Fly Trap is a carnivorous plant native to nitrogen poor environments. All questions about Venus Flytraps can be directed here.
379 Questions
How long does it take for a Venus Flytrap to sprout from a seedling?
It should take them 3 to 6 weeks.
Do Venus Flytraps have a heart?
Yes. Growing in areas of poor soil, the Venus Flytrap needs additional minerals, which it obtains by digesting trapped insects.
The Venus Flytrap has colorful paired leaves with a row of cilia (spikes) along the edges. When a fly lands on a leaf, it triggers tiny hairs that cause the two halves of the leaf to close, forming a cage that the fly cannot escape from. As it tries to escape, it will eventually be trapped within the leaf and dissolved by enzymes.
Venus Flytraps are carnivorous plants, thus do not eat other plants or fruits. So no, Venus Flytraps don't eat apples.
How does the venus fly trap plant gets its nitrogen?
A Venus fly trap is a plant it has a jaw like flower which looks like a mouth so it tempts the insects to take its nectar. When the insect is inside the trap the Venus fly trap closes its jaw and eats the insect. Venus Fly traps need to eat insects to get nutrients like Nitrogen. Their habitat is marshes and bogs and it is poor in nutrients so they eat bugs to give them nutrients.
Did the fur trade have big traps or small traps?
a variety for the different types of animal. big ones would catch bears while small ones would be used on rodents.
How long can a Venus Flytrap go without food?
Because of it's poor, boggy environment, the Flytrap totally relies on insects and flies to gain important nutrients to survive. It would most probably last less than a month without food.
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.
What can a Venus Flytrap be used for?
Venus Flytraps are important to life because they shallow deadly insects and keeps bugs away from us. Without the Venus Flytraps, thousands and thousands of deadly insects, such as mosquitoes which bring us malaria and locusts, bees etc would live to exist beside us on Earth.
More importantly, Venus Flytraps are part of the Ecosystem and help deduce CO2 through respiration. They're just normal plants at the end of the day.
How big is the biggest venus fly trap in the world?
One of the largest flytrap trap has reached about 4cm 1.6 inches.
Yes Venus Flytraps or Dionaea muscipula can sneeze. But only very gently.
Some germs can come in the insects that Venus Flytraps inhabit. So Venus Flytraps use the method of actually pushing out the digested insect out through their roots. but there isn't any chance you'll see one sneezing.
What time of year does a Venus flytrap grow?
Any type of soil except enriched soil. Be sure not to plant it in too deep, or it won't grow as well. Also, the plant will grow better if you change the soil every 2 or 3 years.
How does the Venus Flytrap digest flies?
The Venus Flytrap digests flies by using acids similar to stomach juices from the human body to break down the fly over a long period of time (around 10 days). After the fly has been digested, the trap opens up again.
ANS#1
Bacon is sure death for the trap. The grease from the bacon will coat the trap and it will begin to rot in short order.
ANS#2
In a famous research paper, by botanist, David Bellamy, it was found that after eating bacon, Venus Flytaps would mutate into a hybrid pig-like plant, much like the plant in Little Shop of Horrors.
Miscipula diaboli is Latin.
Miscipula meaning "trap" and diaboli meaning "devil".
Together they make "Devil's Trap" or "Trap of the Devil".
Hope this helped :)
How is the Venus Flytrap and Pitcher plant similar?
Yes, it could be described as a Flytrap plant however it would be best calling it a 'Carnivorous Plant'. It also traps several other small insects.
Are the Venus Flytrap and the Pitcher plant homologous or analogous?
Neither really. Or both. It depends on the level of organization you are talking about.
So... they are both made out of modified leaves, but they function totally differently. You could just as easily add in a maple leaf and say they are all homologous. Yes, they both catch insects, but in such different ways, it doesn't seem right to use that UNLESS you are talking about microscopic features relating to digestion.
Analogous means that they look/function similarly, but the structures that are being compared don't share an evolutionary history. Again, it depends on what level of organization you are talking about. There are different genera of plants that make pitchers, some are monocots and others are dicots. The leaves of monocots are pretty distinct, so do they count as the same structure?
What physical features does Venus have?
Venus is a pretty heckish place. It's covered in lava volcanoes and the ground looks a lot like cheese. It's so hot because not only is it close to the sun but it's blanketed by clouds that insulate its heat. These volcanoes erupt because of how aged Venus's crust is.
Fun fact: People used to think that Venus was a haven. For whatever reason, the fact that it was hidden by clouds made people think that it was a lot like Earth on the inside. Turns out it's really just the Nether (but without a roof).
Is a venous flytrap a bad plant to have 9 year old kids around?
no it is not a bad plant to have 9 year old kids around at all it cant harm them thy are very nice plants
