The venus flytrap, dioaea huscipula, is found in or near wet, damp places.  It lives in South America and parts of North America too.
    The venus flytrap is like all plants except a normal plant makes and eats its own type of sugar.  It uses proteins and other minerals from its prey for energy.  The venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant which means it eats flesh, not sugars made by itself.  It has specially adapted leaves to trap and digest small animals and insects.  The venus flytrap has small teeth whose edges help catch food like insects and frogs.  When it catches the prey, it pushes acid up the stem to eat it, and then it sucks it back through the stem and turns it into energy.
 
 

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