Horned red crab spider with Nepenthes

The rainforests of Borneo in Asia grow a strange plant, Nepenthes.

　　

　　The caps of the bottle-like bodies of Nepenthes can secrete scented substances to attract a variety of insects. When it lures the insect to the mouth of the bottle, the smooth inner lip flap will cause the insect to slide down to the bottom of the bottle, at which point the digestive juice secreted from the bottom of the bottle will soon drown the insect and break it down into nutrients for the Nepenthes to slowly absorb. In this way, Many insects inexplicably lost their lives.

　　But not all insects suffer such bad luck, and the horned red crab spider is a special case. The horned red crab spider lives on Nepenthes all its life, and as soon as an insect falls into a trap in Nepenthes, they will quietly wait for the insect to drown in the sac. They hang themselves with silk threads and then feast on the drowning insects.

　　The horned red crab spider takes advantage of the traps of Nepenthes and can eat and clothe without worry. Of course, it is not that not a single insect is left behind, but it eats half of it itself and leaves the other half for the nepenthes to digest. If the larvae of the mosquito are found to be sinking at the bottom of the bottle and are not easy to eat, the horned red crab spider will release an air bubble and use it to sneak into the bottom of the bottle of Nepenthes, and the food will be so easy to get to hand.

　　The tiny Nepenthes is a nightmare for many insects, but the horned red crab spider uses it to survive skillfully. This tells us that dangerous places are dangerous, but also contain vitality, as long as they can avoid danger, dangerous places will also have a chance to survive.