{"id":11534,"date":"2024-06-15T00:18:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T04:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=11534"},"modified":"2024-06-15T00:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T04:18:47","slug":"another-carnivorous-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2024\/06\/another-carnivorous-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Another carnivorous plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, I came across a round-leafed sundew (<em>Drosera rotundifolia<\/em>). This plant was tiny, not much bigger than the individual sphagnum moss plants amongst which it was growing. I thought I saw some movement on one of the lower leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-942x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A tiny plant with leaves that show a sticky substance on them.\" class=\"wp-image-11535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-942x1024.jpeg 942w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-276x300.jpeg 276w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-768x835.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-1413x1536.jpeg 1413w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159-1200x1305.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4159.jpeg 1766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drosera rotundifolia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure enough, one of the sticky leaves had ensnared several insects, including a small crane fly that was still struggling feebly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-847x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A small fly with very long legs stuck on a sundew leaf.\" class=\"wp-image-11538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-847x1024.jpeg 847w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-248x300.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-768x928.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-1271x1536.jpeg 1271w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160-1200x1450.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4160.jpeg 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The body of the crane fly is far enough away from the leaf that I suspect the plant&#8217;s enzymes won&#8217;t be able to digest most of the insect. Not that the crane fly&#8217;s corpse will go to waste; something else will decompose it, and keep its nutrients cycling through the interdependent web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I came across a round-leafed sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). This plant was tiny, not much bigger than the individual sphagnum moss plants amongst which it was growing. I thought I saw some movement on one of the lower leaves. Sure enough, one of the sticky leaves had ensnared several insects, including a small crane fly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2024\/06\/another-carnivorous-plant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Another carnivorous plant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,945],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditations","category-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11539,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534\/revisions\/11539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}