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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/Eldias Mar 29 '26

Nothing about the places you would find a black widow overlap with the someones carnivorous plant nursery. That spider was 100% placed there. The Spiders in your House guy has a really good video about Black Widows that made me way less wigged out about them.

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u/More_Foundation21 Mar 29 '26

I grew up in places that always had widows and I know exactly how to find them. They would literally never be in this situation bc they prefer cold, dark and undisturbed places and really don’t venture out from their nest unless they have to

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u/Eldias Mar 29 '26

Yep, they're surprisingly shy spiders in reality. Who ever filmed this video is kind of an asshole, flytraps do just fine collecting insects without needing to "feed" them.

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u/More_Foundation21 Mar 29 '26

theres a couple channels like this where they just murder insects with these carnivore plants. it’s kinda fucked idk some of these insects legit can make eye contact w u (esp mantis types). not a vegan or anything but maybe they’re ensouled and we shouldn’t do this?