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Happily hitched for 44 years and counting 🚫DM 🚫$£€ requests 🚫porn Fascinated by: existence, humanity, the marvel of non-humans Photography - mine, except reposts capturing beauty, mostly flowers Music ❤️

The structure you see is called the peristome, the brightly colored, ridged rim that surrounds the opening of the pitcher. It’s slippery and often coated with nectar, luring insects to the edge. Once they lose their footing, they fall into the cavity below, where digestive fluids break them down.