But a flytrap can’t just snap shut anytime something, like a drop of rain, touches it. It needs to close only when prey is inside. That’s because the process of shutting the trap and producing ...

Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) with trapped fly (Image credit: Marco Uliana) Reproduction. Venus flytraps reproduce like many other plants. When their flowers are pollinated, they create seeds.

If you want to grow a Venus flytrap indoors, you don't actually have to feed it bugs—but it does need some special care. Better Homes and Gardens. How to Grow a Venus Flytrap as a Houseplant.

The wild Venus flytrap, by contrast, is the ultimate native species, and though seldom studied, it is widely cherished. “It’s the one plant that everybody knows about,” he says.

The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake. Current Biology , 2016; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.057 Cite This Page : ...

LiveScience: The carnivorous Venus flytrap plant can snap its clamshell leaves around an insect in less than a second. But how? Scientists discover the secret.

Venus flytrap pollen is about 10 times larger than other pollen in this ecosystem, and has four lobes. Youngsteadt says, "it looks like something out of a video game ." ...