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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

As a person who grows a few Venus flytraps, the traps exude a sweet nectar along the inner upper edge. Flies another insects are attracted to that, and the color red, eat some nectar, hit the trigger hairs, the leaves snap shut in a few microseconds, and they are trapped. They're struggles after that are necessary for the leaf to fully close and form the hermetic stomach for digestion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Right, insects work on a more input/output basis. Make the trap as obvious as you want, the only thing going through their head is the smell of the nectar.