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... that female bolas spiders attract moth prey by mimicry of sex pheromones? (2007-10-04)
... that the discovery of Archaeamphora longicervia, the first known carnivorous plant, suggests that flowering plants should have originated much earlier than previously thought? (2007-02-02)
... that the insectivorous plant Heliamphora nutans (pictured) was re-discovered in British Guiana in 1881 and successfully introduced to England by David Burke? (2008-11-13)
... that botanist Allen Lowrie wrote three volumes dedicated to the carnivorous plants of Australia? (2012-05-08)
... that Colura zoophaga, a species of liverwort native to Kenya, traps ciliates in microscopic structures formed by fusion of the leaf edges, but scientists do not know whether it is a carnivorous plant? (2007-12-11)
... that plant collector Charles Curtis, who first introduced the Nepenthes northiana (pictured) variety of pitcher plant to England, went on to become the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens? (2008-11-13)
... that the English Sundew, a carnivorous plant with wide distribution in the northern hemisphere, originated from a hybrid involving a plant with localized distribution in the Great Lakes area? (2006-04-27)
... that the Western Australian carnivorous plant Drosera derbyensis was first found by Allen Lowrie near the Boab Prison Tree just outside of Derby? (2010-02-12)
... that the Western Australian carnivorous plant Drosera erythrorhiza was split into four related subspecies in 1992? (2009-03-01)
... that Drosera falconeri (pictured) is one of the few carnivorous plants that grow in alkaline soils? (2010-03-20)
... that the tuber of Drosera gigantea, one of the largest carnivorous sundew species, can be a metre below the ground? (2009-08-18)
... that the carnivorous plant Drosera meristocaulis is endemic to Pico da Neblina in South America, 17,000 km (11,000 mi) to the west of its most closely related species? (2010-02-11)
... that a subspecies of the carnivorous plant Drosera stolonifera has only been collected from the summits of two mountains, Bluff Knoll and Toolbrunup in Western Australia? (2009-02-05)
... that the carnivorous plant Drosera regia (pictured, with prey) is one of the most imperiled Drosera species, with a single small population estimated to consist of only 50 mature plants? (2009-12-27)
... that the Western Australian Drosera stolonifera species complex was split into six related species in 2005? (2009-02-07)
... that the Western Australian carnivorous plant Drosera zonaria was first witnessed flowering in 1954, 106 years after it was described as a new species? (2009-03-07)
... that Genlisea margaretae, a carnivorous plant native to Southeast Africa, has the smallest recorded flowering plant genome? (2007-05-26)
... that Charles Darwin's 1875 book Insectivorous Plants describes how he tried to feed meat and glass to carnivorous plants to get them to bite? (2009-08-28)
... that Nepenthes rajah, the most famous of all pitcher plants, produces traps up to 40 cm in height and has been known to catch prey as large as rats, frogs and lizards? (2006-01-24)
... that researchers believe the monotypic New Zealand genus Oreostylidium represents an extreme example of floral paedomorphosis and should be transferred back to the related Australian genus Stylidium? (2007-05-26)
... that the Brazillian endemic genus Philcoxia, which may represent another genus of carnivorous plants, was formally described in scientific literature 34 years after the first specimen had been discovered? (2007-12-04)
... that Pinguicula elizabethiae and P. orchidioides (pictured), two rosette-forming herbs found in Mexico, eat insects? (2010-02-05)
... that S. graminifolium was one of only four Stylidium species collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander from Botany Bay in 1770 on their voyage to Australia with James Cook? (2007-04-08)
... that Utricularia inflata is one of the few invasive species of carnivorous plant? (2007-12-28)