Question

Write a brief note on how pitcher plants eat insects?

Answer 1

pitcher plant is a carnivorous plant (also called as Insectivorous plant). Carnivorous plants are plants that eat insects and other small animals. Carnivorous plants grow in soil that has little nitrogen. All living things must have nitrogen. Carnivorous plants get nitrogen from the insects they eat.

Pitcher of the pitcher plant is actually a modified leaf. The apex of the leaf is the lid.



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Answer 2

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Forgaging, Flying or crawling insects such as flies are attracted to the cavity formed by the cupped leaf, often by visual lures such as anthocyanin pigments and nectar bribes. The rim of the pitcher (peristome) is slippery when moistened by condensation or nectar , causing insect's to fall into the trap....Pitcher plant contains chlorophyll; hence it is capable of preparing its own food like green plants. But pitcher plant eats insects because it grows in swamps or bog areas where the soil is deficient in nitrogen mineral. So, just to fulfill its nitrogen requirement, it traps the insects and utilize their proteins. For this reason it is called insectivorous plant . It traps prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria that help in the digestion of the trapped insects....

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