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    Plantwatch: The insect-eating alpine plant that proves Darwin was right

    The Guardian Australia
    September 16, 2026
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    Plantwatch: The insect-eating alpine plant that proves Darwin was right

    <p>Study shows Saxifraga candelabrum traps and digests midges – just as the evolutionary biologist predicted back in 1875</p><p>In 1875, Charles Darwin predicted that <em>Saxifraga candelabrum</em>, a small alpine plant, could eat insects.</p><p>Its leaves,

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