insectivore
Eater of beetles
An insectivore is an animal that eats insects as its primary food source.
Shrews, hedgehogs, anteaters, and many birds are insectivores.
The term also applies to insect-eating plants like Venus flytraps.
Bats are voracious insectivores, consuming thousands of mosquitoes in a single night.
Insect-lapping mammal
- aardvarkBurrowing insectivore with tubular snout
- hedgehogSpiny nocturnal mammal
- shrewIll-tempered woman, or insectivore
- moleSubterranean insectivore
echidna · numbat · armadillo · bat · swallow · swift · wren · warbler
Seeking wild food sources
- huntingPursuing wild game
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- hawkingSport using trained raptors
probing · digging · licking · snapping · nocturnal · crepuscular · hibernation · torpor
Extended oral muscle
- echolocationNavigation through reflected sound
- keen eyesightExceptionally sharp visual perception
- sharp clawsPointed animal digits
- snoutBeast's protruding face
proboscis · mandibles · webbed feet · camouflage · quick reflexes · digging · burrowing · climbing
Managing unwanted organisms
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
biodiversity · habitat · woodland · grassland · wetland · tropical · temperate · predator-prey
Social colony insects
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- beetlesHard-winged insects
- cricketsJumping insects that chirp
- grasshoppersJumping, chirping insects
flies · mosquitoes · moths · caterpillars · larvae · grubs · aphids · worms
anteater
Insect-lapping mammal
- aardvarkBurrowing insectivore with tubular snout
- hedgehogSpiny nocturnal mammal
- shrewIll-tempered woman, or insectivore
mole · echidna · numbat · armadillo · bat · swallow · swift · wren · warbler · nightjar
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
hawking · probing · digging · licking · snapping · nocturnal · crepuscular · hibernation · torpor · roosting
long tongue
Extended oral muscle
- echolocationNavigation through reflected sound
- keen eyesightExceptionally sharp visual perception
- sharp clawsPointed animal digits
snout · proboscis · mandibles · webbed feet · camouflage · quick reflexes · digging · burrowing · climbing · gliding
pest control
Managing unwanted organisms
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
ecosystem · biodiversity · habitat · woodland · grassland · wetland · tropical · temperate · predator-prey · population control
ants
Social colony insects
grasshoppers · flies · mosquitoes · moths · caterpillars · larvae · grubs · aphids · worms · centipedes
- meat eaterscarnivores, predator, meat eater, meat-eaters, hunter
- eatersbig eater, picky eater, clean eater, binge eater, competitive eater
- dietary adaptationvegetarianism, veganism, gluten-free diet, fasting, intermittent fasting
- ecological rolesproducer, consumer, decomposer, predator, prey
- feeding behaviorsfilter feeding, grazing, browsing, foraging, scavenging
- reptile keepingterrarium, terrariums, vivarium, vivariums, enclosure
insectivoreherbivore
Plant-only consumer
plant-eater · carnivore · omnivore · frugivore · nectarivore