A common lacewing Chrysopa vulgaris ensnared by the sticky glands at the tips of the tentacles of the carnivorous plant,Drosera rotundifolia,the sundew. The tentacles are of two kinds; longer marginal ones & shorter inner ones. Insects stick to the tips of the longer ones,which bend over bringing them inward towards the shorter ones. Proteolytic enzymes secreted by the tentacles digest the insect & the products are absorbed by the leaf. Drosera grows in a nitrogen deficient environment (bogs),which it overcomes through a carnivorous diet | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Nuridsany, Claude / Perennou, Maria |
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