In less than a second, the flytrap closes. There is no time for the fly to escape. After the flytrap closes the teeth make a cage. The flytrap slowly eats the insect over the next 10 days. Then it opens again. It's ready to catch its next meal
What's that nice smell? Insects like the smell, too, so they land on this pitcher plant. It's slippery, and the bugs fall in. The inside of the pitcher plant is slippery, so the insects cannot climb out. Slowly, the plant kills them