fly trap

Add a few terrariums for plants like Venus fly trap, ferns and spike moss that grow best in high humidity and moist soil conditions.

But supporters said honoring the Venus fly trap isn’t about one extra thing students see on an elementary school worksheet.

He named it “Audrey II” after the ravenous and cruel human-eating Venus fly trap in Little Shop of Horrors.

The resemblance can be so striking that some varieties of Nepenthes have earned a nickname: the “penis fly trap.”

Most carnivorous plants are full-time predators—the Venus fly trap, for example, lies in wait year-round to snag flies with its jawlike leaves.