Carnivorous Plants
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Sundew leaf and insect
A small fly trapped on a carnivorous South African sundew plant. The whole plant is about 3cm across and has sticky hairs on its leaves to capture small insects.
Image courtesy of Miranda Waldron at the Electron Microscope Unit at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Sundew flower
Sundew (Drosera adelae) flower showing stigma and pollen. Images courtesy of the Centre for Advanced Microscopy at the University of Reading, England.