While Venus fly traps can tolerate higher temperatures up to around 90-100°F (32-38°C) during summer peaks without harm, maintaining this optimal temperature range encourages healthy growth and ...

Venus Fly Traps Venus fly trap, Dionaea muscipula, a predatory plant that can count. If an insect touches two of the small hairs in the leaf surface within 20 seconds, the trap snaps shut.

The small Venus fly trap, for example, thrives in a very small native range in the Carolinas. A noteworthy giant of carnivorous plants is the Nepenthes rajah, a large, rare plant that grows in Borneo.