In the United States, Venus fly traps are only native to North and South Carolina. The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus ...
In this video, I hatched 1,000 flies and placed them in a container with 50 Venus flytrap plants. Will the large number of flies trick the Venus flytraps into closing, or will the flies simply die?