Question

Why do pitcher plant traps insects?

Answer 1

Pitcher plant:

1. Pitcher plants are carnivorous or insectivorous plants that catch insects.
2. These plants are raised in nutrient-deficient soil.
3. These plants capture insects and obtain their nitrogen from the proteins of the insects to increase their nutritional levels.
4. Pitcher plants capture insects in a modified organ resembling a trap to meet their nutritional needs since they thrive on nitrogen-deficient soil.
5. The dead insect in its trap supplies the nutrients necessary for the plant to operate normally.
6. Pitcher plants are unique carnivorous plants with modified leaves called pitfall traps—a prey-trapping device with a deep chamber filled with digesting fluid.
7. With nectar, the plants draw in and suffocate their victim.