This Carnivorous Plant Traps Prey Underground

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The Nepenthes pudica develops underground traps to catch prey ((Credit: Martin Dančák)

The carnivorous pitcher plants obtain nutrition by luring unsuspecting insects inside their unique jug-shaped leaves and devouring them. However, the brightly-colored "pitfall traps" are usually set above the ground. Now, researchers have found a new species that grows its prey-trapping contraptions underground to capture subterranean bugs like ants, mites, and beetles.

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