<p>This 100x photomicrograph shows the open trap of an aquatic carnivorous plant known as the humped bladderwort. Igor Siwanowicz's picture of the floating plant won first prize in the 2013 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition.</p><p>It's hard to know whether to gasp or laugh at the winning picture in this year's Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition.</p><p>One thing's for sure: The humped bladderwort is no laughing matter to its prey. That is, if insects and other tiny critters could laugh. Like the Venus flytrap, the bladderwort is carnivorous: When an insect touches its trigger hairs, the plant sucks the bug inside its trap and digests it.</p><p>Igor Siwanowicz's first-place picture shows the bladderwort's open trap, with the bases of trigger hairs visible in the center of the dome-shaped entrance at the top. You can see an assortment of single-celled green algae sitting at the bottom of the trap. The red in the image comes from chlorophyll's innate fluorescence.</p><p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/science/its-trap-micro-monster-takes-olympus-bioscapes-photo-prize-2D11749989">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.weather.com/article/olympus-bioscapes-digital-imaging-competition-2013-photos-20131211">Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition 2013 Reveals an Intimate Look ...</a> (The Weather Channel)</p><p><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/news/janelia-researcher-wins-olympus-bioscapes-imaging-competition">Janelia Researcher Wins Olympus BioScapes Imaging Competition</a> (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/3023521/see-the-tiny-carnivorous-monster-that-just-won-olympus-micro-photo-prize">See The Tiny Carnivorous Monster That Just Won Olympus' Micro Photo Prize</a> (Co.Create)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d22OunKLc24QMJMz_m21CKLP-VkwM&ned=us">21 additional articles.</a></p>
