How Tall Is Venus flytrap? 15 cm (5.91 in) to Scale

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Venus flytrap (15 cm) drawn to scale beside a smartphone (14.7 cm) and a bowling pin (38.1 cm) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Smartphone (14.7 cm), Venus flytrap (15 cm) and Bowling pin (38.1 cm).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as a smartphone
About 39% of the height of a bowling pin
About 1.8× the length of a credit card
About 6.3× the width of a large coin
About 21× the length of a grain of rice

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Facts about Venus flytrap

A Venus flytrap closes its modified leaves when trigger hairs are touched repeatedly, helping it capture insects in nutrient-poor soil.

Source: Kew Science — Dionaea muscipula; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — Venus Flytrap

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Venus flytrap
Monarch butterfly	9.5 cm (3.74 in)	0.63×
Luna moth	11.5 cm (4.53 in)	0.77×
Venus flytrap	15 cm (5.91 in)	this page
Pygmy marmoset	15 cm (5.91 in)	same size
Common blue morpho	15 cm (5.91 in)	same size
Peacock mantis shrimp	18 cm (7.09 in)	1.2×
Fennec fox	20 cm (7.87 in)	1.3×
Axolotl	23 cm (9.06 in)	1.5×
Atlas moth	24 cm (9.45 in)	1.6×
Emperor tamarin	25 cm (9.84 in)	1.7×

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Which is bigger: Venus flytrap or Peacock mantis shrimp?

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