Danny Boling ☮️IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social
May 14, 2026, 5:41 PMTHEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html