Flesh-Eating Plant Found Stealing Bugs From Its Neighbours

A close picture of a sundew plant showcases the sticky glands that cover its outstretched tentacle-like leaves.

Sundews, or the Drosera, make up the largest genera of carnivorous plants.

The sticky substance on a sundew's leaves helps it lure and trap insects for food.

The researchers also found that the flower of the sundew Drosera tokaiensis closes in a response to touch.

The sundew's floral activity is probably meant to protect the plant's delicate reproductive parts from predators like the sundew plume moth.