Early last summer we had an issue with flies on our front porch. We had no idea why there were so many floating around, but it got to be a huge annoyance. Open the front door and in would come a few flies. They seemed to have made a home in our front porch ceiling light and kept reproducing. This drove me crazy enough that I was very interested in finding a Venus Fly Trap plant. No nursery or store which sold plants had any. In the end I ended up just spraying the heck out of them which did the trick but made a mess on the porch.
All of which made me very interested in this article this morning: Venus Fly Trap Care
After reading the whole thing I've decided to give up on this idea which is easy to do since they are never seen sold anywhere. But if you do find one here is the advice.
They can be grown indoors or outdoors but only in containers. Don't plant in the ground
Plant in sphagnum moss or a mix of peat moss and an aerating medium like perlite. Don't use potting soil or ground soil.
They need lots of sunlight so place near a sunny window and even add a grow light.
They love water and need to be kept moist consistently, but not sit in a pool of water.
They thrive on eating bugs and can feed themselves especially outdoors. But if indoors we have to feed them a fly or a spider every couple of weeks. How we do that is not explained.
All of which is just too much for me so unless we stumble upon one of these plants I am not going looking for any this year