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title: "do venus fly traps also trap mosquitoes? asking for a friend."
description: "do venus fly traps also trap mosquitoes? asking for a friend."
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author: "mel"
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# do venus fly traps also trap mosquitoes? asking for a friend.

_Posted by mel on 2023-10-05_

do venus fly traps also trap mosquitoes? asking for a friend.

## 3 comments

### :3 commented on 2023-10-05

Depends if the mosquito is strong enough to trigger the sensory hairs inside the flytrap

### Rex commented on 2023-10-06

yup

### meptune ★ commented on 2023-10-27

Yup! From my experience I’ve caught quite a few

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