Venus Flytraps Don't Trap Insects that Pollinate Them – National Geographic Education Blog
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Venus Flytraps Don't Trap Insects that Pollinate Them – National Geographic Education Blog
SCIENCE New research identifies the brave insects that pollinate carnivorous plants, and the fact that the trap and the flower don’t get much overlap traffic. (Washington Post) For Venus flytraps, catching prey is as easy as one, two, three. Count on it with our study guide. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key…
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Pollinators are usually safe from a Venus flytrap
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Why don't Venus flytraps eat their pollinators?
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Venus Flytrap: Care, Feeding, Facts, Flowers (With Pictures)
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Venus Flytraps in North Carolina Are Pollinated By Three Insect
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Fatal Attraction
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Venus Flytraps Don't Trap Insects that Pollinate Them – National
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Venus Flytraps Know How to Count, Smart News
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The Venus Flytrap, a Plant That Can Count - The New York Times
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Science discovery: Venus Fly Trap chomping creates a magnetic field
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Venus flytraps give insects that pollinate their flowers a break
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Why don't Venus flytraps eat their pollinators?
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Fatal Attraction
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Science discovery: Venus Fly Trap chomping creates a magnetic field
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Fatal Attraction
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Venus Flytrap Rarely Traps Its Pollinators