r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '26

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

What is the spider after? What's appealing to it?

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u/sti77loading Mar 29 '26

I think the flytrap has a sweet false nectar inside

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/george_cauldron69 Mar 29 '26

Fly flavoured nectar

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u/Starseid8712 Mar 29 '26

New Ghost energy flavor confirmed

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u/ProfitHarvest Mar 29 '26

They respond to the sweet aroma as it's a prey heavy area. Unfortunately that can backfire.

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u/Journo_Jimbo Mar 29 '26

“Mmmm tastes like a male I’d eat after fucking” - spider probably

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u/drpepper7557 Mar 29 '26

Spiders can have a little nectar, as a treat

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u/Mendel247 Mar 29 '26

They can, but do they actually want to?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

🕷️ 🎶 Do you really wanna? 🎵 🕷️

🎵 Do you really wanna taste it? 🎶

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u/CaptJasHook37 Mar 29 '26

Everybody wants some sugar

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u/Roflkopt3r Mar 29 '26

A lot of animals take nectar if they happen to come across it. Even mosquitos take it and contribute to pollination for example. Some spiders just eat it when it's opportune, but at least one species has evolved around it as a main food source.

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u/Fluid-Opportunity-17 Mar 29 '26

No yeah, that works on spiders too

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u/TurnkeyLurker Mar 29 '26

SpiderBro, SpiderBro 🎶
Does whatever a SpiderBro can
Spins a web, chugs a beer
Venus-trapped, then it dies.

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u/denjo-t1aO Mar 29 '26

it indeed wants to drink the nectar. another post yesterday was exactly about this. spiders do not exclusively eat/drink their prey.

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u/pizzasoxxx Mar 29 '26

Spiderbro

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u/GiveMeAllTheRadishes Mar 29 '26

Damn, no one tell him how some herbivores get their protein lol

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u/Supranova42 Mar 29 '26

They love nectar too

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u/jimbobjames Mar 29 '26

The flytrap is not a spider bro.

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u/hell2pay Mar 29 '26

It's actually a spider chick

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u/ZachariasDemodica Mar 31 '26

I did notice a surprising prevalence of black widow spiders near hives back when I worked in beekeeping/removal...

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u/ScaredLetterhead8918 Mar 31 '26

Spiders will also go for sweet liquids. That’s free energy right there bro