What is the name of the plant that eats flies

Plants that eat flies are carnivorous, and normally live in tropical conditions. There are 2 types of plants that eat flies. THere are ones that do it passively, and ones that do it actively. THe ones that do it actively, normally actually close, and physically trap the insect. Others, that do it passively, may just bait the insect with nectar or something.

The one you are probably looking for is the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea Muscipula), however, below are a list of different, cmmon ones.

Examples of active plants:

Venus Fly Trap
Bladderwort

Examples of passive plants:

Pitcher Plants (you may also be thinking of this, as this is very common)
Sundew
Butterwort

There are several species of plants that "eat" flies. Most of them live in tropical areas where nitrogen is scarce in the soil. So, these plants have evolved to absorb extra nitrogen through the digesting of insects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous…

The most commonly known plant is the Venus Fly Trap.

Venus fly trap I believe

cvenus flytrap my friend