Some plants like sundews and fly traps are carnivorous and capable of trapping and digesting insects. Sundews use sticky hairs to capture prey like mosquitoes, while fly traps snap shut when triggered by an insect. The document discusses carnivorous plants that can catch insects to acquire nutrients usually obtained from soil by other plants.

1. Fly Traps!
Plants That Bite Back

2. Carnivorous
Plants

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14. Sundews capture insects on sticky hairs and digest them !
captured mosquito

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22. Sundew Plant at the North Carolina Zoological Park