I know that a Venus Fly Trap eats insects to gather the nutrients it needs to sustain life. What eats the Venus Fly Trap get eaten by? Does its niche allow to live and become the top of its food chain?
Posted on December 8, 2011.
I know that a Venus Fly Trap eats insects to gather the nutrients it needs to sustain life. What eats the Venus Fly Trap get eaten by? Does its niche allow to live and become the top of its food chain?
I don’t think anything eats it, but i might be wrong.
Small soft bodied sap sucking insects like aphids, mealybugs scale, spider mites or thrips can infest the plant.
Here are some pictures of an infested vens fly traphttp://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/aphid-…
Fungus gnat larvae in the soil can eat the roots. Usually they cannot do sufficient damage to seriously harm a large plant but can harm a seedling.
Flea beetles can chew up a pant and some caterpillars or wasps may get trapped and chew their way out before being killed by the secreted enzymes.