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Flytrap
Dionaea
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Dionaea muscipula
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A sleeping beauty.
Spines along the outer edge of the leaf blades --- referred to as
"cilia" by some authors --- intermesh as the trap snaps shut
upon stimulation to the trigger hairs. A tight seal of the trap indicates
the digestive process is well underway as a back-lit trap reveals a
shadow of a fly trapped inside.. |