The Venus flytrap gets the “Venus” part of its name because its flowers are really pretty (like the goddess Venus) and are white, like the planet Venus in the sky. The plant is not from Venus. The “Flytrap” part comes from its obvious bug-eating attributes.Click to see full answer. Also know, how did the Venus flytrap get its name?The Latin name for the Venus flytrap is Dionaea muscipula. “Dionaea” translates to Venus, a reference to the ancient goddess of love, while “muscipula” is Latin for mousetrap, a nod to the plant’s carnivorous trapping mechanism.Similarly, is a Venus fly trap an animal or a plant? Venus flytrap. Venus flytrap, (Dionaea muscipula), also called Venus’s flytrap, perennial carnivorous plant of the sundew family (Droseraceae), notable for its unusual habit of catching and digesting insects and other small animals. Then, what is special about the Venus Fly Trap? Like other plants, Venus’ Flytraps gather nutrients from gases in the air and nutrients in the soil. However, they live in poor soil and are healthier if they get nutrients from insects. Carnivorous plants live all over the world but the Venus Flytrap is native to select boggy areas in North and South Carolina.How does a Venus flytrap get its food?In spite of belonging to a particularly sedate kingdom of organisms, these carnivorous plants snap shut their two-lobed traps in a tenth of a second to capture an insect meal, which they then digest. To get the nutrition it needs, the flytrap lures insects, including ants and flies, into the jaws of its trap.
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