who wouldn’t want to show off their plant’s fly-catching skills at the next dinner party? The pitcher plant is a real beauty ...

The trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes pitcher plant, swarming with nectar-collecting ants. Research from the University of Bristol, UK, has found that, by 'switching off' its traps for part of ...

A hungry fly darts through the pines in North Carolina ... Sophisticated chemistry helps make the pitcher a death trap. Nepenthes rafflesiana, a pitcher plant that grows in jungles on Borneo ...

Pitfall-type traps are formed by a single leaf or rosettes forming tubular or pitcher-shaped traps. Prey is drawn to nectar at the pitcher rim. A slippery substance at the rim causes prey to lose its ...

Learn about 5 of the weirdest killer plants on the planet. Learn about the Corpse Flower, Pitcher Plant, Venus Fly Trap, African Baobab Tree and Gympie Gympie. The Corpse Flower native to the ...