CONWAY — Venus flytraps don’t usually trap flies at all, Jim Luken, a botanist and retired biology professor, said. Flying insects are attracted to the plants’ flowers, which sit high above the iconic ...
In this video, I hatched 1,000 flies and placed them in a container with 50 Venus flytrap plants. Will the large number of flies trick the Venus flytraps into closing, or will the flies simply die?