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A diagram showing Utricularia trap expansion. When prey animals brush against trigger hairs connected to the trapdoor, it is released and the bladder sucks in the door and the prey, along with the water surrounding it. Once the bladder is full of water, the door closes again, the whole process taking only ten to fifteen thousandths of a second.

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(del) (cur) 18:29, 3 August 2005 . . Veledan (Talk | contribs) . . 300×266 (6,132 bytes) (minor alteration)
(del) (rev) 18:16, 2 August 2005 . . Veledan (Talk | contribs) . . 300×266 (5,219 bytes) ({{PD}} My own sketch, for use in article Utricularia which I'll shortly be expanding. I have been unable to find a better illustration in the public domain. Uploaded here instead of to Commons because it's not really something anyone else would wan)