Carnivorous Plant Time Lapse (Drosera Capensis) "eating" a Fruit Fly
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A wonderfully-interesting carnivorous plant, the sticky tentacles attract and catch flies and other bugs. Contact triggers a curling reaction, where the plant wraps up its prey and eventually digests and absorbs the victim's nutrients. This scene was about 4 hours in real-time, while I was working in the morning. Made with a Canon SX100IS + CHDK.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Caryophyllales
- Droseraceae (sundew family)
- Drosera (Sundews)
- Drosera capensis (Cape sundew)
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