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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. An insectivorous plant, also called a carnivorous plant, captures prey items, such as insects, spiders, crustaceans, mites, and protozoans, as a nitrogen source.
1 Detritivores are an organisms that ingest non-living organic matter. 2  These can include earthworms, beetles and many other invertebrates. 3  Saprotrophs are organism that lives on or in non-living organic matter, secreting digestive enzymes into it and absorbing the products of digestion. 4  These include Fungi and bacteria.