Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77
eir THE SNAP-DRAG-ON CATCH-FLY,SHOWING TINYINSECTS CAUGHT UPON THE STICKY BAND OF THE STEMS. bases. In this way little basins or cups areformed that will hold rain-water a long time.Master Insect, out on a foraging trip, climbsup the stems of the cup-plant, expecting tofind a good meal awaiting him… … THE CUP-PLANT. THE CUP-SHAPED LEAVES, FILLED WITHWATER. CATCH AND DROWN THIEVING INSECTS. i897-] PLANTS AND THEIR ENEMIES. the leafy cups, you are very apt to find deadinsects in them, just as in the pitchers of thesidesaddle-flower. Only, so far as we know, thecup-plant does not feed upon the…
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