insect predators
Creatures eating bugs
Insect predators are animals that hunt and eat insects—birds, frogs, spiders, bats, and other insects themselves.
The term appears most often in contexts of pest control and ecology, where beneficial predators help manage crop-damaging populations: Ladybugs are effective insect predators that consume aphids.
Gardens and farms may encourage insect predators as alternatives to pesticides.
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
- batsFlying nocturnal mammals
- population controlPolicies limiting demographic growth
- natural pest controlNon-synthetic population management
- pest managementControlling harmful organisms
birds · biocontrol agents · centipedes · ants · fly traps · camouflage · amphibians · mantises · mimicry · parasitic wasps · reptiles · backyard wildlife · bug hunters · praying mantis · dragonflies · ground beetles · conservation biology · ladybugs
insect predatorsherbivores
Fauna consuming only plants
detritivores · decomposers · plant-eaters · aphids · caterpillars
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