Fun Facts about the Venus flytrap!
• Did you know The Venus flytrap’s scientific (Latin) name is Diona
muscipula ("Dionaea Muscipula (Venus)" )?
• If you wanted to find a Venus flytrap, you could find one in the wet pine savannas, south of Northern Carolina, and north of Southern Carolina ("Dionaea Muscipula (Venus)").
• I bet you didn’t know that it takes the Venus flytrap 4-5 years to reach maturity (Knoblauch, "Venus Fly Trap").
• Who discovered the Venus flytrap? Governor Arthur Dobbs of North Carolina (Knoblauch, "This is").
• The Venus flytrap is one of the easiest plants to grow ("The Mysterious").
• The Venus flytrap can live underwater for months. ("The Mysterious").
- When the hairs inside the “mouth” of the Venus flytrap are touched by an insect, an electrical charge moves through the plant, creating a change in cell’s water pressure, and causing the trap to snap shut (Jabr).
