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  1. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and 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."

    observed trapping and
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

  2. THEY 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
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

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