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Carnivorous Plants
... plants may be subdivided into 2 major groups; those with passive traps and those with active traps. For some of these traps the actual method of insect decomposition involves digestive enzymes produced by ... ' flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) in full bloom. Active traps are formed by hinged leaves fringed with stiff hairs. When the leaf blade folds closed, it traps a hapless insect behind the intermeshed ...
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Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... nitrogen from their animal prey through their leaves specially modified as traps. Traps work in a variety of ways. Pitfall traps of pitcher plants are leaves folded into deep, slippery pools ... absorb nutrients from the body of their prey. The traps of fungi come in two general types: constricting rings (active traps) and adhesive structures (passive traps). These trap types occur in separate fungi ...
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Start Page
... but on smaller scale they are quite efficient traps capable of destroying substantial numbers of insects. However ... divided into one of two classifications, passive and active traps.  Active traps use movement to aid capture and digestion of ... traps becoming so overfull that insects are able to simply to fly out of the trap.  The trapping mechanisms of the species covered on this site both active ...
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"Coastal Carnivores" Carnivorous Plants: What Are CP's?
... are familiar with. Traps:There are a wide variety of traps amongst the different species of carnivorous plants. They are generally broken down into activeand passivetraps. Active traps are those which lure ... inside the trap, causing it to rapidly close. Active traps are also found in the Utricularia, Drosera, Aldrovanda,and Pinguiculagenera. Passive traps are those which lure prey, but do not ...
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Sundew Matt's Carnivorous Plant Page Introduction
... plant is said to have "active traps" because of its moving parts. While sundew tentacles often slowly fold over their prey, they are considered "passive fly-paper traps". Although it's not as ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Angelica - Herb Profile and Information
... of European growth- the other parts of the plant have the same flavour, but their active principles are considered more perishable. In several London squares and parks, Angelica has continued to ... garden by cutting the hollow stalks into convenient lengths and placing them amongst shrubs as traps for earwigs. A drink much in use on the Continent for typhus fever: Pour a ...
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Organic Vegetable Gardening
... , made from fatty acids tend to work well for some insects under average conditions. Insect traps, baited with phermone lures, work well in some instances. Many of these have sticky adhesives ... publication does not consitute endorsement of these products in preference to others containing the same active ingredients. Mention of a proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the ...
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Raccoons
... . Both all-black and all-white animals sometimes occur. Raccoons are active mostly during the evening hours. On most days, they leave their den soon after dusk and are active until morning. It is not unusual, however, for them to linger ... same brand, is the number of doors available. When trapping raccoons, traps that open at only one end are preferable than those that ...
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Flora of North America - The Outreach Resources
... among plants. Ask students to count the separate branches on which they see pitfall traps. [Answer: Four, tropical pitcher plants (family Nepenthaceae, order Caryophyllales), Australian pitcher plants (genus Cephalotus ... to an unusual water-lubricated surface. Plant responses to the environment - Snap traps and suction traps are "active" traps in which the plant's trap closes in response to the prey ...
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Open Directory - Business: Chemicals: Cleaning Agents and Toiletries
... Systems - Products for cleaning floors and removing odors and organic material from drain traps. Apter Industries, Inc. - Distributors of portion controlled mixing containers, dispensers and liquid ... and the consumer. Multichemi Group - Sri Lanka. Group of manufacturing and trading companies, active in detergents and personal care products. National Chemical Laboratories - Provides chemical product ...
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