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Would a Venus Flytrap be considerd a producer or a Composer?

Thoose little plants that grow in the Carolinas, they ear bugs in there mouth life leaves, then digest them. They do eat the bugs but they make oxygen and food for other animals.... Would it be considerd a 1st order consumer or a producer?

Public Comments

1. In a way venus flytraps are both consumers and producers. 1. They are plants and can exchange carbon dioxide to oxygen for other living organisms. 2. They are also consumers as they eat insects to survive which gives them the power to exchange carbon dioxide to oxygen. So initially, both are correct.
2. A venus flytrap would be both a producer and a consumer in that a) it's a plant and therefor produces oxygen and b) it consumes insects thereby making it a consumer as well. First and foremost, it is a plant and would live without consuming bugs - so in my opinion, it would primarily be a producer and secondarily a consumer. HTH!