Enter the world of Carnivorous Plants!!

Boring Taxonomy Stuff

Venus Flytrap is the common name of this meat-eating swamp dweller.
There are two ways to write its scientific name:

• in italics - Dionaea muscipula
• underlined - Dionaea muscipula

Frightening Photos of Insects Caught in Dionaea's Traps!

"MMMMM......Lunch! Insects are sooo tasty!"

"Feeed me, Seymore!!"

"HELLLP!! I thought this was an all-you-can-eat nectar buffet!!! Oh no - my struggling is making this worse! AAAGGGHHH!"

For more information on these creepy plants, check out this website: The Carnivorous Plant FAQ

(All plant images courtesy of Dr. Barry Rice, http://www.sarracenia.com/faq.html)

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