What could be cooler and creepier than bug-eating plants? Join special guest speaker, Dr. Eran Kilpatrick, as he talks about these insectivores and how they use traps to capture animal organisms with specialized leaves and tentacles to entice, lure, and trap unsuspecting insects.

Once the insect is trapped, the plant uses glands to secrete digestive enzymes and acids to dissolve compounds and proteins. The plants then absorb the life-giving nutrients from the prey.

Carnivorous plants are easy to grow if you meet their special needs. They grow in bogs—areas with peat-based, poorly drained soils that are highly acidic and low in fertility. Despite their otherworldly appearance, many are native to South Carolina.