Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: P1220127 FZ35

Each of the Venus Flytrap leaftips seemed to be a different colour, some green with a faint touch of pink and red, and some red with stronger rainbow stripes. Hard to imagine something that can look so delicate and pretty being able to close and crush an insect for its next meal. This leaf tip was maybe three quarter's of an inch across, when open, and the same in length "The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against a waste of energy in trapping objects with no nutritional value." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap David Attenborough looks at how this well known carnivorous plant captures its prey. This short video is from the BBC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIGVtKdgwo