Question

How does pitcher plant trap insects

Answer 1

Answer:

The insect falls into the pool of fluid and is consumed by the plant. Pitcher plants are famous for their flesh-eating ways, and they rely on slippery surfaces to trap their prey. Its pitcher-shaped traps are made from rolled up leaves, and secrete nectar from their rims to entice their prey.

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Answer 2

The pitcher plant leaves are modified in the shape of a pitcher with the top of the leaf forming a lid to prevent rainwater from entering into the pitcher. When an insect sits on the mouth of the pitcher plant, the hairs present in the pitcher gets down the insect into plant where enzymes are present in digestive juices which digest the insect.