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Plants like pitcher and venus fly trap are green plants ,then why do they have to feed on insects??

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they eat insects for nutrients like C n N as they cannot get enough nutrients from soil.

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They do not get enough energy from the sun, so they have to get some energy from insects. Hope this helps!

Credit: Bill Nye the Science guy in his plants episode.
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