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Sundew

Sundews are members of the genus Drosera, consisting of about 90 species of carnivorous plants. Examples of the sundew family can be found on every continent but Antarctica; they are specially abundant in South Africa and Australia. They can be found in most soil conditions, in acidic, sandy, stony, and boggy places. The leaves have stalks with drops of a sticky substance called mucilage at the ends; insects get stuck in this substance and become entangled. The substance then digests the helpless insect. On some members of the family, the stalks on the leaf actually move and bend toward the captured insect.

Here is a close up of a sundew, Drosera regia, digesting a bug:

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