Carnivorous plants actually get their energy from photosynthesis, just like other plants do. Plants make other molecules from the sugar, like starch for energy storage, or cellulose for structure. They use the insects for nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.Click to see full answer. Simply so, do carnivorous plants capture insects for food if so why would they still photosynthesize?Once they obtain the nitrogen, the carnivorous plants are able to build enzymes, chlorophyll and other structures and carry out photosynthesis to make their own food. And, unlike carnivorous animals, carnivorous plants do not capture prey for food energy… but just for the required building blocks.Subsequently, question is, do carnivorous plants have chlorophyll? Carnivorous plants have chlorophyll and can use photosynthesis to make carbohydrates, like ordinary plants. But, they grow in habitats with poor soil, and benefit from the extra nitrogen and other nutrients that they can obtain from capturing animals. Correspondingly, can Venus fly traps photosynthesize? A venus flytrap is both a producer and a carnivore. Despite their carnivorous ability to eat insects and arachnids, venus flytraps are still plants which means that they can still grow using photosynthesis, a process in which they take energy from sunlight and nutrients from air and soil.Does Pitcher Plant perform photosynthesis?These plants (e.g. pitcher plant) are green and carry out photosynthesis to obtain a part of the food required by them. But they do not get the nitrogen from the soil in which they grow. So, insectivorous or carnivorous plants feed on insects to obtain the nitrogen needed for their growth.
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