Carnivorous Plants

There is a kind of plant that eats organic food with its flowers: when a fly settles upon the blossom, the petals close upon it and hold it fast till the plant has absorbed the insect into its system; but they will close on nothing but what is good to eat; of a drop of rain or a piece of stick they will take no notice. Curious! that so unconscious a thing should have such a keen eye to its own interest. 

Samuel Butler, Erewhon: Or Over the Range, 1880

Florida’s Carnivorous Plants include Butterworts, Pitcherplants, Sundews, and the exotic Venus Flytrap.