Yep. My flytrap won&#x27;t trigger its petals until you poke it twice with a toothpick in the same general area. I think it does this for numerous reasons.<p>1. If the petals close and they don&#x27;t actually capture anything, they take hours to open back up.<p>2. If they do close on something, (for example a fly or a spider I happen to come across) they will stay closed for days digesting whatever is trapped inside. The traps themselves don&#x27;t actually survive this process. They wilt away and new petals grow to replace the old after a month or so.<p>Speaking strictly from a natural selection point of view it make sense that a plant that has evolved to derive it&#x27;s nutrients from carnivorism really has no chance at surviving  if something as simple as a leaf, a seed, the wind, or any other poor nutrient provider could trigger it to close on said object (or not on said object). Either way, a plant that is in such need of nutrients can&#x27;t really optimally survive if it closes at every opportunity it might have food in it&#x27;s trap to catch.<p>Natural selection seems to suggest that a venus flytrap that is more precarious about when to trigger it&#x27;s trap is the far more optimal survivalist when it comes to these plants.<p>I should also point out that calling them a flytrap is kinda lame considering their trap mechanism is not really all that fast enough to trap most flies. Atleast not in my observations. Although I have discovered that they get lucky from time to time, their trap mechanism is also apparently evolutionarily optimized to avoid most bugs that just land, chill for a minute, and fly away. Bugs they wouldn&#x27;t likely catch. They would rather wait for a caterpillar, spider, beetle, etc to cross their path.<p>My pitcher plant is the real fly catcher. It uses the old fashioned, &quot;oh hey thats a nice smelling hole. I wonder what  yummy things are down there for me and my maggot babies to eat. Dooo da doo da... eh... <i>feets sticks to pitcher plant&#x27;s trap</i> oh no... AHHH! HELP! SOMEBODY HALP MEEEE!... HELLO?! Isn&#x27;t there anybody out there!?<p>,,,<p>ohhhh pooo. Well at least it still smells wonderful down here.&quot; technique.