Carnivorous Plants: Insectivorous Plants With Names And Pictures

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 Albany Pitcher Plant
2. Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant
3. Bladderwort Bladderwort
4. Brocchinia Reducta Brocchinia Reducta
5. Butterworts Butterworts
6. Byblis Byblis
7. Cobra Lily Cobra Lily
8. Dewy Pine Dewy Pine
9. Genlisea Sp. Genlisea Sp
10. Heliamphora Heliamphora
11. Jungle Lantern Jungle Lantern
12. North American Pitcher Plant North American Pitcher Plant
13. Parrot Pitcher Plant Parrot Pitcher Plant
14. Philcoxia Minensis Philcoxia Minensis
15. Rafflesia Pitcher Plant Rafflesia Pitcher Plant
16. Roridula Sp. Roridula Sp
17. Side-Saddle Flower Side Saddle Flower
18. Sundew Sundew
19. Trigger Plants Trigger Plants
20. Triphyophyllum Peltatum Triphyophyllum Peltatum
21. Tropical Pitcher Plant Tropical Pitcher Plant
22. Veitch’s Pitcher-Plant Veitch’s Pitcher Plant
23. Venus Flytrap Venus Flytrap
24. Waterwheel Plant Waterwheel Plant
25. Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Pitcher Plant

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Plants That Eat Bugs

Here are some plant names that are known for their ability to attract and consume bugs:

  1. Sundew (Drosera spp.)
  2. Butterwort (Pinguicula spp.)
  3. Bladderwort (Utricularia spp.)
  4. Pitcher plant (Nepenthes spp.)
  5. Cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica)
  6. Roridula (Roridula spp.)
  7. Waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
  8. Rainbow plant (Byblis spp.)
  9. Corkscrew plant (Genlisea spp.)
  10. 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.

  1. Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
  2. Pitcher plant (Nepenthes spp.)
  3. Tropical pitcher plant (Nepenthes rajah)
  4. Monkey cup (Nepenthes ampullaria)
  5. American pitcher plant (Sarracenia spp.)
  6. Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)
  7. Byblis (Byblis spp.)
  8. Drosera regia
  9. Drosera binata
  10. Puya raimondii (known to trap small mammals and birds)

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