What are the insectivorous plants? Is felt moss eating insects an insectivorous plant?

Insectivorous plants are a group of less well-known horticultural plants. They have insectivorous characteristics different from ordinary plants. Coupled with some misconceptions, do you know which insectivorous plants exist?

Nepenthes: A structure used by Nepenthes to catch insects. It is a specialized catching sac at the end of the leaf. The sac contains digestive juice. Once the insect falls through the smooth sac, it will drown and be digested. Nepenthes has a lid on the insect trap, which does not cover the insect trap down. Its main function is to block rainwater and prevent digestive juice from being diluted and losing its effect.

Venus flytrap: The leaves of Venus flytrap resemble catcher's gloves and grow on long, flat petioles. The edges of the leaves have long bristles that, when the two leaves close together, act like interlocking steel teeth on a mousetrap, forming a tight cage that insects cannot escape from. On the leaves, there are sensory bristles. When an insect touches the bristles, the Venus flytrap leaves close and glands on the leaves secrete acidic digestive juices to break down the insect's nutrients.

Drosera, sundew, tricularia and other indigenous insect-catching plants, although their size is relatively small, but also are experts in catching insects!

Drosera: Drosera distributed in the northern mountains, the whole plant about the size of fifty copper coins, stems are not obvious, leaves to extend all around, tiled ground, really like a small carpet spread on the ground!

Take a closer look, the carpet above the long dense hair, hair top there is a drop of round liquid, sunlight, sparkling, like dew. These glandular hairs are the best tools for catching insects! When insects are attracted to dew-like liquid and crawl up to it, they are stuck by the viscous liquid and become a snack of sundew.

Drosera: also uses glandular hairs on leaves to stick insects. However, the glandular hairs can catch smaller insects. Utricularia is a small aquatic plant. The plant usually grows in water. Only when it blooms, the flower axis extends on the water surface. Looking at their slender appearance, it is hard to imagine that they are also insectivorous plants. Utricularia leaves branch into filiform, and there are some vesicles, vesicles have inward opening flap, once the small animals in the water drill in, it is not easy to come out again, also become nutrients for Utricularia!