Description: The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is an extraordinary carnivorous plant of the sundew family (Droseraceae). The species, which occurs only in a very limited distribution area in the USA, was first described in 1768. Their fast-moving traps, laid out like a snare, are striking. When irritated, the Venus flytrap can fold up its elaborately constructed trapping leaf extremely quickly in order to catch insects (especially flies and ants) and spiders. The more the victims struggle and move, the more they activate the plant's carnivorous instincts. The catching mechanism is one of the fastest known movements in the plant kingdom, lasting up to 100 milliseconds. Conventional fertilizer, such as that required by the majority of garden and house plants, is unsuitable for the Dionae.
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