Carnivorous plants (also called insect-eating plants or insectivorous plants) are a group of plants that have adapted to capture and digest insects or other small organisms to supplement their nutritional needs. They employ various mechanisms, such as sticky traps, pitfall traps, or snap traps, to catch and consume their prey.
Carnivorous Plants Names
Insect Eating Plants Names List
Below is the list of insectivorous plants with names and pictures.
1. Albany Pitcher Plant | |
2. Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant | |
3. Bladderwort | |
4. Brocchinia Reducta | |
5. Butterworts | |
6. Byblis | |
7. Cobra Lily | |
8. Dewy Pine | |
9. Genlisea Sp. | |
10. Heliamphora | |
11. Jungle Lantern | |
12. North American Pitcher Plant | |
13. Parrot Pitcher Plant | |
14. Philcoxia Minensis | |
15. Rafflesia Pitcher Plant | |
16. Roridula Sp. | |
17. Side-Saddle Flower | |
18. Sundew | |
19. Trigger Plants | |
20. Triphyophyllum Peltatum | |
21. Tropical Pitcher Plant | |
22. Veitch’s Pitcher-Plant | |
23. Venus Flytrap | |
24. Waterwheel Plant | |
25. Yellow Pitcher Plant |
Plants That Eat Bugs
Here are some plant names that are known for their ability to attract and consume bugs:
- Sundew (Drosera spp.)
- Butterwort (Pinguicula spp.)
- Bladderwort (Utricularia spp.)
- Pitcher plant (Nepenthes spp.)
- Cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica)
- Roridula (Roridula spp.)
- Waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
- Rainbow plant (Byblis spp.)
- Corkscrew plant (Genlisea spp.)
- Sticky catchfly (Silene viscaria)
Plants That Eat Humans
There are no known plants that specifically and intentionally consume humans as their primary source of nutrition. While there are carnivorous plants that capture and digest small animals, including insects, they do not pose a threat to humans.
Plants That Eat Animals and Birds
Here are 10 plants that can eat small animals and birds.
- Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
- Pitcher plant (Nepenthes spp.)
- Tropical pitcher plant (Nepenthes rajah)
- Monkey cup (Nepenthes ampullaria)
- American pitcher plant (Sarracenia spp.)
- Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)
- Byblis (Byblis spp.)
- Drosera regia
- Drosera binata
- Puya raimondii (known to trap small mammals and birds)
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