Lizard Stealing Lacewing From Sundew
by Perennou Nuridsany
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Lizard Stealing Lacewing From Sundew
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Perennou Nuridsany
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Photograph - Photograph
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Lizard stealing the prey, a common lacewing insect Chrysopa vulgaris, trapped by the carnivorous sundew plant Drosera rotundifolia. The lacewing insect has become trapped on the sticky droplets at the tips of the sundew leaf tentacles. Enzymes secreted by the leaf tentacles digest the insect and these insect products are then absorbed by the leaf. However, before the insect could be digested it has been scavenged by a lizard. The sundew plant grows in a nitrogen deficient environment (bogs), and overcomes this nitrogen deficiency through a carnivorous diet.
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June 25th, 2018
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