# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CVs8hmpoBJz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73500195-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f66cc2cca8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-10-31T18:00:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

These alien-looking tentacles are a sticky trap for passing insects!⁣
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Once an insect becomes stuck on the elegant sundew's (Drosera venusta) sticky leaves, there's no turning back. Its tentacles wrap around the insect before digesting it whole... ⁣
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Credit: RBG Kew/Ines Stuart-Davidsonᐧ⁣
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#bbcearth #elegantsundew #amazingphotography #plantphotography  #naturephotography #nature #naturelovers #earth #earthlovers #plants #plantlovers #exploringourgreenplanet⁣

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## Tags

elegantsundew, earthlovers, plants, naturelovers, bbcearth, nature, earth, naturephotography, amazingphotography, plantlovers, exploringourgreenplanet, plantphotography

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