This document discusses insectivorous plants, which are carnivorous plants that trap and digest insects and other small animals. There are over 600 species across 9 types of insectivorous plants that use different trapping mechanisms like pitfall traps, adhesive traps, snap traps, and lobster pot traps to capture prey. These plants typically live in nutrient-poor bog and fen habitats where they obtain nitrogen and other nutrients from their trapped insect prey rather than from the soil. Examples of insectivorous plants and their trapping mechanisms are described.

1. INSECTIVOROUS
PLANTS
-Aditi Hanumantha
VI C 7

2. INTRODUCTION
 There are many types of plants on our
planet.This is about carnivorous plants.
 Insects are the most common prey for most
carnivorous plants. That is why they are also
called as insectivorous plants.
 There are 9 types and 600 species of
insectivorous plants.

3. DIET
*The diet of insectivorous plants consists of frogs,
small mammals and, of course insects.
*Most plants absorb nitrogen from soil. However,
insectivorous plants receive nitrogen from its
prey.

4. BEFORE
AFTER
VENUS FLYTRAP EATING A FLY

5. HABITAT
*Insectivorous plants mostly live in areas where
nutrients are low.
*Where they live, water and sunshine are found in
enough quantities.
*Most of these plants are found in bogs and fens
(marshes).

6. PITCHER PLANT IN A MARSH

7. TYPES OF TRAPS
*Insectivorous plants are mainly categorized by the
type of trap they have. They are:

8. 1-PITFALL TRAPS
*The leaves are folded into deep slippery pools.
*The pools are filled with digestive juices.
*Eg.-Pitcher plant, Nepenthes etc.
Nepenthes

9. 2-FLYPAPER(OR ADHESIVE) TRAPS
*The leaves are covered with stalked glands.
*They send out slimy substances to attract insects.
*Eg.-Sundews, Butterworts etc.
Sundew

10. 3-SNAP (OR STEEL) TRAPS
*The leaves are hinged so that when the trigger
hairs are touched the leaf snaps shut.
*Eg.- Venus flytrap, Waterwheel etc.
European
Waterwheel Waterwheel

11. 4-LOBSTER POT
*The traps are twisted into cannels lined with
hairs and glands.
*Eg.- Corkskrew etc.
Corkskrew