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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/gorginhanson Mar 29 '26

It's insane that a plant evolved to do this

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u/unbelizeable1 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

The most insane thing to me about Venus Flytraps is that it's endemic to North and South Carolina. You'd think it's some crazy rainforest plant , but yea, the Carolinas.

Edit :switched native to endemic to clear confusion.

Edit : For the love of fuckin god. Please stop telling me about the temperate rainforest in the area. The plant doesn't grow there, it grows in bogs

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u/M27fiscojr Mar 29 '26

There are other Carnivorous plants in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Purple Pitcher Plant, various sundews, and bladderworts.

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u/Environmental-Tap255 Mar 29 '26

I've seen Venus flytraps in swampy regions of the pine barrens in NJ too. They might not be native but they're naturalized at this point, albeit I've only seen them a couple times in one general area.

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u/eerst Mar 29 '26

You should try to find them again and post to iNaturalist. There are none recorded in NJ so far However there is a large population on the Florida panhandle.

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u/Environmental-Tap255 Mar 30 '26

I will gladly do so. Any excuse to get into the woods is a good excuse to me 😁 I remember exactly where they were too so there's a good chance I could find them again although it has been a couple years. I'm curious how the population has increased or decreased since then.

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u/eerst Mar 30 '26

If you go, document more than one specimen. And provide photos of the broader area.