Venus’ flytrap might with equal correctness be called a spider trap. This famous insect-catching plant, once called by Darwin “the most wonderful plant in the world,” has been restudied recently by Prof. Robert F. Griggs of George Washington University. He discovered that the largest single class of animals among its victims consists of spiders.
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