A butterfly caught by an Insectivorous plant called Drosera Indica
- sandayu9
- 2017年7月13日
- 読了時間: 2分
A white butterfly was being caught by a insectivorous plant, called Drosera indica at the Togane Insectivorous plant park in Chiba. Visited there with mom and elder brother on a trip to to Kujukuri.
An official guide at the park explained us that the butterfly was seen with the plant from the morning of July 11. He said it is very rare to see a butterfly caught by the plant, it was the first time this season. Usually they catch smaller insects like flies. It takes some days to digest the butterfly by the plant.
The park is run by the public sector, and the admission with a short guided tour is free of charge. There is a tiny boardwalk path. You will enjoy some wild flowers in the season. The park was set up by the government more than 100 years ago, in order to protect insectivorous plants in the low wet land.
You can get information from the following site (Japanese):
http://plants.sammu.info/
According to the wikipedia, dated July 13, 2017, "Drosera indica is an insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Australia and Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics.[1] Together with D. hartmeyerorum it makes up the section Arachnopus.Description[edit]Drosera indica with trapped insects, Kumbla, KeralaD. indica is an unbranched, annual herbaceous plant, supported by a fibrous root system and reaching a height of 5–50 cm (2–20 in). Leaves are narrowly linear, up to 10 cm [4 in] long with 1-1.5 cm [0.4-0.6 in] pedicels.[2] Young plants stand upright, while older ones form scrambling stems with only the newest growth exhibiting an upright habit. The plant can be yellow-green to maroon in color. Flower petals can be white, pink, orange, or purple.[2] Its chromosome count is 2n=28.[3]"
