Dionaea muscipula
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Description: Venus fly trap. Brief description and habitat information.
Dionaea muscipula {Droseraceae} Venus Fly Trap Wet mossy areas near bogs & marshes This carnivorous plant utilizes an active steel trap mechanism. Trigger hairs on the inside lobes of the trap must be triggered twice in succession (or two different hairs on same leaf) for the traps to close. Closure of the trap occurs in about 1/30 second in full sunlight. Cool temperatures and cloudy weather will slow the trap mechanism down somewhat. The leaf perishes after capturing four insects in succession. Traps triggered by non-prey will re-open in about 24 hours.
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| Page title: | Dionaea muscipula {Droseraceae} Venus Fly Trap |
| Keywords: | carnivorous-snap-trap motile self-movement Dionaea muscipula Venus Fly Trap North and South Carolina, USA Droseraceae |
| Description: | EEB Greenhouse Accession Data for Dionaea muscipula |
| IP-address: | 137.99.46.57 |
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| NS | Name Servers: MSB-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.25.11 HBL-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.203.22 |
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| Date | activated: 18-Aug-1987 last updated: 07-Jun-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |