Besides Dionaea, what other carnivorous plant genus uses snap traps?
Answer
Aldrovanda
78 Carnivorous Plants Trivia Questions with Answers
78 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What color are the flowers of the Venus flytrap?
Answer
White
Which carnivorous plant was named after David Attenborough?
Answer
Nepenthes attenboroughii
Which carnivorous plant has a mutualistic relationship with the ant Camponotus schmitzi?
Answer
Nepenthes bicalcarata
Which carnivorous plant is known as the 'King Sundew'?
Answer
Drosera regia
What is the approximate number of species in the genus Nepenthes?
Answer
About 170
What is the scientific name of the Australian pitcher plant?
Answer
Cephalotus follicularis
What is the common name for the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula?
Answer
Butterworts
What is the approximate response time of a Venus flytrap trap snapping shut?
Answer
100 milliseconds
What is the common name of the aquatic carnivorous plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa?
Answer
Waterwheel plant
Which carnivorous plant uses a suction trap to capture aquatic prey?
Answer
Bladderwort
What is the largest species of pitcher plant by volume?
Answer
Nepenthes rajah
How many species of Venus flytrap exist?
Answer
One
What is the scientific name of the Venus flytrap?
Answer
Dionaea muscipula
What part of a Venus flytrap snaps shut when triggered?
Answer
The trap
What is the common name for plants in the genus Sarracenia?
Answer
American pitcher plants
What mechanism do Venus flytraps use to capture prey?
Answer
Snap-trap
What sticky substance on sundew leaves traps insects?
Answer
Mucilage
What carnivorous plant is native only to North and South Carolina?
Answer
Venus flytrap