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Posted by duddy   June 27, 2015   3049 views

The pitcher plant, much like the Venus flytrap, is a carnivorous plant that survives by digesting insects. It's sweet nectar entices insects to feed off it, though this may come at a cost as they risk falling into a deadly pool of acid at the bottom of the pitcher plant's bucket-shaped leaf.

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Does it hurt pollinators? Bees, wasps and butterflies?
Posted on Jun 27, 2015 by savio
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One type attracts wasps and moths, not sure about bees and butterflies, but I doubt they're immune.

I know one is specifically only attractive to termites and is used to lead termites away and murder them in certain areas.
Posted on Jun 27, 2015 by duddy
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