Venus Fly Trap Lab
The Effects of Insects on Carnivorous Plants
Digestion process of Venus Fly Trap
Siddarth Pillai
Hour 3 Honors Biology
The Effect of Insects on Venus Fly Traps
Research Question: How long does it take for a venus fly trap to digest an insect?
I. Introduction:
Venus Fly Traps are both heterotrophs and autotrophs meaning that they create their own food and get food from other insects. The Venus flytrap is known as the Dionea muscipula; it is a carnivorous plant native to the swamplands of North and South Carolina. The plant has two primary regions: it has the leaf base which is capable of carrying out photosynthesis. Then there is the leaf blade or lamina which is held together by a midrib. Each plant has between two and five trigger hairs. The closing of the trap is caused by the mechanical reproduction of the trigger hairs. The edge of the plant is covered with Cilia which laces together when the trap is shut. When the leaf blade and leaf base are joined together it is referred as the petiole. Venus fly traps have evolved to become carnivorous due to the fact that the soil that they grow in is short on certain key nutrients that are fundamental to plant growth. II. Venus Fly Trap makes its own food
The Venus flytrap is a plant and can make its own food through photosynthesis; the Venus flytrap does not eat and digest its …show more content…
Plant owners should beware of over stimulating a Venus flytrap after approximately 10 failed trap closures, the leaf will fail to respond to touch and will serve only as a photosynthetic organ. What do Venus flytraps eat? The name shows: The Venus flytrap eats flies (or other insects that can fit inside the trap). The prey must be alive when caught. Dead flies won't work; the insect must be able to traverse inside the trap or the trap cannot consume and digest
Digestion process of Venus Fly Trap
Siddarth Pillai
Hour 3 Honors Biology
The Effect of Insects on Venus Fly Traps
Research Question: How long does it take for a venus fly trap to digest an insect?
I. Introduction:
Venus Fly Traps are both heterotrophs and autotrophs meaning that they create their own food and get food from other insects. The Venus flytrap is known as the Dionea muscipula; it is a carnivorous plant native to the swamplands of North and South Carolina. The plant has two primary regions: it has the leaf base which is capable of carrying out photosynthesis. Then there is the leaf blade or lamina which is held together by a midrib. Each plant has between two and five trigger hairs. The closing of the trap is caused by the mechanical reproduction of the trigger hairs. The edge of the plant is covered with Cilia which laces together when the trap is shut. When the leaf blade and leaf base are joined together it is referred as the petiole. Venus fly traps have evolved to become carnivorous due to the fact that the soil that they grow in is short on certain key nutrients that are fundamental to plant growth. II. Venus Fly Trap makes its own food
The Venus flytrap is a plant and can make its own food through photosynthesis; the Venus flytrap does not eat and digest its …show more content…
Plant owners should beware of over stimulating a Venus flytrap after approximately 10 failed trap closures, the leaf will fail to respond to touch and will serve only as a photosynthetic organ. What do Venus flytraps eat? The name shows: The Venus flytrap eats flies (or other insects that can fit inside the trap). The prey must be alive when caught. Dead flies won't work; the insect must be able to traverse inside the trap or the trap cannot consume and digest