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With its sticky, translucent tentacles, the Drosera capensis, or Cape sundew ... species eat microscopic prey, such as bacteria; medium-sized plants subsist on insects and their larvae ...

The meat-eating plant should thrive in this habitat ... which attracts passing insects The sundew's tentacles then tighten around its prey, drowning the insect in the sticky fluid Digestive ...