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How do Sundews catch and eat insects?

FlytrapGurl

apple rings.. what more can i say?
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Basically... bug lands on plant and gets stuck to sticky stuff (mucilage). The plant then is triggered to emit digestive fluids that break down the soft tissues of the bug which are absorbed into the plant.
 
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