Sundews

carnivorous plants · insects · nature's hunters

Sticky death traps. Sundews cover their leaves with special stalked glands that ooze a sweet, sticky mucus. When an insect lands on this goo, it gets stuck and can't escape.

Bugs for breakfast. These plants eat insects to get minerals their poor soil doesn't provide. It's like they're farming their own food instead of waiting for nutrients to come to them.

Found everywhere warm. There are at least 194 different species of sundews living on every continent except Antarctica, from tropical rainforests to sandy deserts.

Sparkling like jewels. The sticky droplets on sundew leaves catch sunlight and glisten like dewdrops, which is how they got their name and how they trick insects into landing.

Tiny to tall varieties. Sundew species come in wildly different sizes and shapes, from teeny plants just a few inches across to towering ones with long, thin leaves.