Today I am going to tell you about the Venus Flytrap.
The Venus Flytrap is a special type of plant. Instead of helping bug and insects the Venus Flytrap devours them. This is why we call the Venus Flytrap a carnivorous plant. The Venus Flytrap is mostly found in North and South Carolina.
Now I am going to describe to you what the Venus Flytrap looks like, how it captures its prey and how it eats its prey.
The Venus Flytrap has long spiky edges and when it snaps shut it looks like a cage. On each of its leaves it has tiny trigger hairs that are very sensitive. When a bug lands and touches the trigger hairs the Venus Flytrap snaps shut.
It is quite simple. All the Venus Flytrap does to capture its prey is to wait for a spider or beetle to touch the trigger hairs and... SNAP!
Once the Venus Flytrap snaps shut it produces digestive juices which allows the Venus Flytrap to take out all of the nutrients from the insect. After a week or two all that is left is a skeleton. Then the Venus Flytrap reopens and is ready for its next meal.
Guess what! I got a Venus Flytrap at my house! If you want your Venus Flytrap thriving then these are the things you should do.
Give it lots of sunlight and water. (Make sure you pour the water in the saucer underneath your Venus Flytrap).
Try to find some bugs for it ( It can't survive without bugs).
I hope you learned lots about the Venus Flytrap and how to make yours thrive.
See you soon bloggers.
Po Marie Aananya,
ReplyDeleteIt is really interesting to read all about the Venus flytrap. I used to have one when I younger too, but i never knew where they came from. Thank you for sharing you report about them. what other things are you growing at your house?
Ka kite
Ms Lange