Why are insects attracted to carnivorous plants?

Carnivorous plants are freaks of nature as they live a semi animal life! However, unlike animals, these plants cannot move around looking for their prey; and therefore, nature devises strategies to attract insects to them!

Fly-trapping plants are various techniques in order to attract insects. Usually, these plants are brightly coloured. Insects are easily attracted to the plants due to their arresting colours. Such plants have fleshy-coloured flowers with nectar too.

Some plants have a certain scent in them. For some insects, such sweet perfume is irresistible. Sometimes, it works differently. Insects trapped in the leaves decay over a period of time and thus start stinking. The rooting smell attracts flies to the plant. Thus, the fly trapping plants get their food.

 

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