carnivorous plants

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carnivorous plants

Plants eat insects

2002
Explains how and why pitcher plants, sundews, and other carnivorous plants trap insects for food.

Plants of prey

1998
Reveals the world of the ingenious, carnivorous plants that prey on insects.

Carnivorous plants

1982
Describes the Venus fly trap, sundew, pitcher plant, and bladderwort, and explains how active and passive traps work in these meat-eating plants.

Venus fly traps and waterwheels

spring traps of the plant world
1996
Describes the physical characteristics of these carnivorous plants and how they trap and digest their insect prey.

Sundews

a sweet and sticky death
1996
Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, diet, and nutrient-poor habitats with the consequent benefit of carnivory.

Pitcher plants

slippery pits of no escape
1996
Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, diet, and nutrient-poor habitats with the consequent benefit of carnivory.

Butterworts

greasy cups of death
1996
Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, flowers, diet, and nutrient-poor habitats with the consequent benefit of carnivory.

Bladderworts

trapdoors to oblivion
1996
Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, diet, habitat, and possible use against the cane toad plague in Australia.

Insect-eating plants

1991
An introduction to the remarkable plants with the ability to trap insects and use them for food.

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