What Does a Venus Fly Trap Eat?
Evidence suggests that the genus Genlisea has traps specialized to capture protozoa! Meanwhile, Pinguicula and Drosera tend to catch flying insects like gnats, flies, and moths. Pitcher plants (Sarracenia, Nepenthes, Cephalotus, etc.) capture foraging insects, especially flies, moths, wasps, butterflies, beetles, and ants. Venus Flytraps capture any crawling insect—mine feast particularly on spiders, but plants in the wild no doubt have a different diet.
