Insectivorous plants, often known as carnivorous plants, are plants that have evolved specifically for capturing and eating insects and other animals using clever pitfalls and traps. These plants are known as “carnivorous” because they attract, catch, and absorb nutrition from animals. This trophic (feeding) mechanism is assumed to have developed in response to poor growth circumstances, notably nitrogen-deficient soils.
Carnivorous plants are classified based on their taxonomy or the sort of trapping mechanism they use. These traps include flypaper snap, bladder, pitfalls etc.
Carnivorous plants use a variety of techniques to attract their prey, just like other plants that need to attract other organisms for things like pollination. Some have a pleasant aroma, some are brilliantly coloured, and others may have sticky or slippery portions or are built in a way that makes it difficult for prey to escape.