THE VENUS FLY-TRAP
Termed by Darwin "the most wonderful plant in' the world," the Venus fly-trap is responsible for destroying many insects, states "Popular Mechanics." Professor Robert F. Griggs, of George Washington University, has found) that the largest single class of its victims is the spider. Examinations of hundreds of its trap-like hinged leaves showed that spiders formed 28 per cent, of the catch, flies were second with 24 per cent, and other prey included beetles, ants, cock' [roaches, and even one tiny, JoajJ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1935, Page 23
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84THE VENUS FLY-TRAP Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1935, Page 23
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