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Having a Venus Flytrap Lego set is a dream come true for someone like me who loves Venus flytraps and the creative joy of building Lego sets. There’s something truly magical about being able to combine my two passions, bringing to life the captivating mechanisms of carnivorous plants through the art of Lego.

In this article about the 2024 Lego Venus flytrap sets, I share my experiences building two of the Lego sets which I think you’ll enjoy. The first is the Lego Tiny Plants set (#10329 – part of the Lego Botanical Collection). The second isn’t truly a Venus flytrap Lego set, but I hope you’ll understand why I included it – it’s the Lego Piranha Plant set (#71426 – part of the Lego Super Mario Collection).

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Venus flytraps are incredibly interesting carnivorous plants that can both fascinate you and creep you out. One glance at this charismatic insectivorous plant will have you asking a host of questions, such as:

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Growing up, I lived in a virtual jungle of houseplants, and to this day, the offspring of my mother’s spider plants thrive in all parts of the country. Venus Flytrap was a DJ on a sitcom, and no one ever thought much of insectivorous plants other than screeching eek when some documentary introduced us to those creepy bug-eating plants that left us with a few scary types of carnivorous plants to talk to our friends about.

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Welcome carnivorous plant fans! This free, illustrated version of Chapter 4 of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin has been lightly edited to be more internet friendly. The main text of Chapter 4 of Insectivorous Plants is presented here in its entirety; we have simply removed some of the table of contents material, created more white space for easier reading, added a color picture or two, etc.

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Welcome carnivorous plant fans! This free, illustrated version of Chapter 3 of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin has been lightly edited to be more internet friendly. The main text of Chapter 3 of Insectivorous Plants is presented here in its entirety; we have simply removed some of the table of contents material, created more white space for easier reading, added a color picture or two, etc.

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Welcome carnivorous plant fans! This free, illustrated version of Chapter 2 of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin has been lightly edited to be more internet friendly. The main text of Chapter 2 of Insectivorous Plants is presented here in its entirety; we have simply removed some of the table of contents material, created more white space for easier reading, added a color picture or two, etc.

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Welcome carnivorous plant fans! This free, illustrated version of Chapter 1 of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin has been lightly edited to be more internet friendly. The main text of Chapter 1 of Insectivorous Plants is presented here in its entirety; we have simply removed some of the table of contents material, created more white space for easier reading, added a color picture or two, etc.

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Welcome carnivorous plant fans! This free, illustrated version of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin has been lightly edited to be more internet friendly. The main text of Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin is presented within these posts in its entirety; we have simply removed some of the table of contents material, created more white space for easier reading, added a color picture or two, etc.

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The carnivorous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is an incredible perennial plant that has stolen the hearts of plant lovers across the world. Not only are they beautiful and otherworldly looking, but they also eat pesky insects like ants and spiders. 

Although they can live for years in the wild, they sometimes die prematurely as an indoor or outdoor houseplant due to the average gardener’s lack of knowledge on how to care for Venus flytraps. Many wonder how to take care of a Venus flytrap properly. 

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