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To: Pontiac

Or simple uptake by diffusion of decomposing insects.


12 posted on 08/09/2021 12:49:12 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog
Or simple uptake by diffusion of decomposing insects.

I don’t think that is likely.

It would be a waste of the plant’s resources.

The decomposers would make off with some of the phosphorus and nitrogen that is for which the plant produces the sticky substance and the decomposers would take longer.

14 posted on 08/09/2021 1:11:45 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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