Carnivorous Plants

Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea].Carnivorous plant.Notice how the hairs around the lips are facing down-to keep prey from getting out once it falls into the pitcher.The pitchers are filled with water that has enzymes for dissolving prey that may fall in.Tioga County,Pa.6-15-19

The beautiful flowers of the Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea].Tioga County,Pa.6-15-19

Carnivorous plant Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera Rotundifolia].Tioga County,Pa.6-15-19.If you look close you can see insects "stuck" on the sticky leaves.In the last picture also seen growing with young pitchers of a Northern Pitcher Plant also a carnivorous plant [Sarracenia purpurea]

Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Coos County,N.H.9-2-18

Round leaved Sundew buds [Drosera rotundifolia].Schuylkill County,Pa.3-8-18

Bladderwort [Utticularia],Carnivorous plant.These plants are aquatic,having traps or bladders under the water.there are trigger hairs in front of the bladder,when a hair is touched by prey [tiny animals,insects,small fish] a door springs open creating a suction,[lower pressure,because the bladder dose not have water in it] that sucks the prey inside the bladder.These plants are found all over the world.Plant provided from Kirk Tuttle's collection.

Male [blue] & Female Familiar Bluets damselflies [Enallagma civile],caught on Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia] [Carnivorous plant].New York,6-3-17

Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Schuylkill county,8-7-15

Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Schuylkill county,8-7-15.Notice the sticky leaves have caught an ant.

Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Coos county,N.H.,9-10-09

Mosquito caught in Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Tioga county,6-10-10

Mosquito caught in Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Tioga county,6-10-10 & Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea] & insects trapped in Pitcher plant.Tioga county,6-10-10

Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea].Tioga county,6-10-10

Round leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia] & Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea].Tioga county,6-10-10

Insects caught in Round Leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Tioga county,6-11-10

Northern Pitcher Plant [Sarracenia purpurea] Flower.Tioga county,6-11-10

Round Leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia].Coos county,N.H.,9-12-10