RHH's photos with the keyword: insect-eating

In Explore July 25, 2009, #267. This is an insect eating plant which has sticky hairs on the leaves that trap and absorb insects. If viewed large, various insects can be seen in the clutch of these hairs in the folds of the leaves. These were growing in abundance in the Whitehorn Basin on the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park.

In Explore, December 23, 2009, #496. This photo was taken in the "Little Bog of Horrors" described in a previous post. This particular species of pitcher plant was seen in only a few locations but had two forms, this white form and a very heavily veined and maroon form.

This is another photo taken at Summer Lake in Skagit County, Washington, where someone has planted different non-native species of carnivorous plants that have become naturalized there. We go every year to see these, but usually go in October. Since we were earlier this year we were able to see these flowers still in bloom. The Purple Pitcher Plant is Sarracenia purpurea and is native to the eastern United States. The plant is shown below. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/carnivorous...

A last picture, I think, from our excursion to Summer Lake. This is the Yellow Pitcher Plant, now established by the thousands on the floating bog and shores of the lake. If you look closely you can see a fly perched on the rim of the pitcher and one can only guess what happened to it, but that close to the opening it probably became a meal. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/carnivorous...