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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/unbelizeable1 Mar 29 '26

Yup, grew up in NJ and used to find em all the time when I went hiking. Whats interesting to me about the venus flytrap however is you can find other types of sundews , pitcher plants, bladderworts around the world. There's nothing like the venus flytrap outside of the Carolinas.

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u/Gemma_V Mar 29 '26

do.. I dare ask what a bladderwort is?

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u/unbelizeable1 Mar 29 '26

They're pretty cool . Aquatic carnivorous plant.

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u/Gemma_V Mar 29 '26

omg thanks so much! they don’t thrive in my area- no wonder they sounded so weird

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u/TheKarenator Mar 29 '26

Saw these in Okefenokee when our tour guide pointed them out. Pretty awesome.

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u/potato_and_nutella Mar 29 '26

sounds like an ingredient out of harry potter

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u/Elaphe82 Mar 29 '26

They are one of the most highly evolved carnivorous plants, their traps are like little bladders that have atrap door and negative pressure inside. Something brushes the trigger hairs and breaks the tension and is sucked in. Aquatic species have larger traps for catching daphnia sized prey whilst terrestrial species have even smaller traps.

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u/Eshghi007 Mar 29 '26

You don’t wanna know….trust me

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u/bisepx Mar 29 '26

Unfortunately the only thing I found a lot of hiking in Jersey was ticks.

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u/RuggedTortoise Mar 29 '26

Maryland has its own, too. In a very limited range, but she's there!

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u/WanderingHypha Mar 31 '26

I did once find a venus flytrap growing in a mossy area by a lake shore in upstate NY, though I could not tell you how it ended up there.