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Carnivorous plant facts and growing tips

Carnivorous plants consume other living creatures for their food. Learn facts about growing Venus flytraps, pitcher plants ...
WRAL

Venus flytrap harvester Richard Jones thrives in face of plant's struggles

Richard Jones saw his first Venus Flytrap when an old man -- well, maybe just old to 7- or 8-year-old Jones -- was selling them in paper cups out of his tailgate in Holden Beach, N.C. Richard Jones ...
Post and Courier

There are only 3 stable Venus Flytrap populations on Earth. How do we protect the one in SC?

CONWAY — Venus flytraps don’t usually trap flies at all, Jim Luken, a botanist and retired biology professor, said. Flying insects are attracted to the plants’ flowers, which sit high above the iconic ...
Gizmodo

This Is How a Venus Flytrap Knows It’s Time to Snap Shut

As far as plants go, Venus flytraps are pretty hardcore. After attracting its prey with a fruity scent and trapping it inside its leaves, the flytrap slowly digests the insect for 5 to 12 days, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Venus flytrap poachers face arrest warrants in taking of hundreds of rare plant

Authorities in North Carolina have obtained arrest warrants for two people in a poaching case involving hundreds of Venus flytraps, which grow naturally in the eastern part of the state. Officers with ...