It isn't easy eating bugs. Or maybe it is. Maybe they're delicious.
At California Carnivores, a Sebastapol nursery that has assembled one of the biggest selections of carnivorous plants on the planet, you don't see a lot of house flies buzzing around. But then you wouldn't expect to, would you?
Above: We wouldn't dare. Photograph by Orin Zebest via Flickr.
Above: Venus fly traps. Photograph by Far Out Flora via Flickr.
Above: Located in Sebastopol about an hour and 15 minutes' drive north of San Francisco, California Carnivores is owned and operated by Peter D'Amato, author of The Savage Garden. Photograph by Laura Reid via Flickr.
Above: So cheerful. So unthreatening. Let's go in. I'm sure we'll be fine, since we're not bugs. Photograph by Wayne Hsieh via Flickr.
Above: There are two kinds of nepenthes, also called pitcher plants, native to either the mountains or the lowlands of mostly tropical regions (they like warmth and moisture). California Carnivores sells both kinds. Photograph by Kazebp via Flickr.
Above: Nepenthes drown prey in a syrupy trap at the base of their pitchers. Photograph via California Carnivores.
Above: Photograph by Laura Reid via Flickr.
Above: Drosera Capensis, also known as the Cape Sundew, has tentacles on its leaves to lure and trap prey. Photograph by Laura Reid via Flickr.
Above: Venus fly traps. Photograph by Far Out Flora via Flickr.
Above: Lunch, anyone? Photograph via Cool Hunting.