If you're a serial plant killer like I am, you're probably familiar with the struggle. My most recent plant victim was a Venus Flytrap, lovingly named Frederick, which I somehow killed despite my ...

The Green Swamp is home to at least 14 different species of carnivorous plants, including extensive populations of Venus' flytraps, sundew, butterworts, bladderworts and four species of pitcher plant.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Venus flytraps bloom from about mid-May to mid-June. ... The flytrap is a fragile plant that needs fire to survive. ... And the flytraps live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the U.S., ...

In the wild, Venus flytraps are the size of a lima bean and pose no harm to anything other than insects. Their special hairs snap their leaves together when brushed — but only twice in about 20 ...

Venus flytraps are seen at the Carolina Beach State Park on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Carolina Beach, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) ...

And the hike is one of the few places to see Venus flytraps. The plant only grows in 12 counties in southeast North Carolina near Wilmington and a few nearby places in South Carolina, which made ...

Now is an especially good time to take that hike. Venus flytraps bloom from about mid-May to mid-June, Anderson said. The flytrap is a fragile plant that needs fire to survive.

In 2016, a man was sentenced to 17 months in prison for taking nearly 1,000 Venus flytraps from game land in Hampstead, North Carolina. And the flytraps live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the ...

Venus Fly Traps Park ranger Jesse Anderson speaks to visitors during a weekly carnivorous plant hike Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Carolina Beach, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) (Erik Verduzco/AP) ...