Pics of D. scorpioides catching a prey

[zhilin]

Here is a series of pictures showing D. scorpioides cathing a prey. Notice how its tentacles move to curl its prey inward. Actually, there are only two tentacles carrying the prey inward. Hope you like them:

Pic of its tentacles before catching a prey:


A prey was caught by it at 50 m:04 s:


at 50 m: 10 s:


at 50 m: 18 s:


at 50 m: 30 s:


at 50 m: 44 s:


at 50 m: 52 s:


at 51 m: 01 s:


at 51 m: 24 s:

[unstuckintime]

Thats amazing! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[sundewman]

That last pic is just great!!!
Looks like a dinosaur or something feeding itself with those 2 tentacles holding onto the food like that

[zhilin]

Thank you. I am glad that you like these photos. D.scorpioides is my favorite sundew.