insectivores
Creatures eating bugs
Insectivores are animals that eat insects as their primary food source.
Shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and many bats are insectivores.
The term also applies to insect-eating plants like Venus flytraps.
As a diet, insectivory appears across unrelated species—from anteaters to certain fish to birds that hawk bugs from the air.
Insect-lapping mammal
- aardvarkBurrowing insectivore with tubular snout
- shrewIll-tempered woman, or insectivore
- hedgehogSpiny nocturnal mammal
- moleSubterranean insectivore
echidna · pangolin · numbat · aardwolf · armadillo · bat · frog · toad
Seeking wild food sources
snout · proboscis · echolocation · nocturnal · diurnal · ambush · burrowing · sticky tongue
Hard-winged insects
- antsSocial colony insects
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- mothsNocturnal lepidopterans
- caterpillarsLarval moths or butterflies
larvae · grubs · aphids · grasshoppers · crickets · flies · mosquitoes · worms
Beast's protruding face
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- sticky tongueTacky oral appendage
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
- spinesStiff, pointed projections
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- nicheRecessed wall space
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
pest control · population control · bioindicator · keystone species · biodiversity · endemic · conservation · symbiosis
anteater
Insect-lapping mammal
- aardvarkBurrowing insectivore with tubular snout
- shrewIll-tempered woman, or insectivore
- hedgehogSpiny nocturnal mammal
mole · echidna · pangolin · numbat · aardwolf · armadillo · bat · frog · toad · gecko
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
tongue · snout · proboscis · echolocation · nocturnal · diurnal · ambush · burrowing · sticky tongue · termite mound
beetles
Hard-winged insects
caterpillars · larvae · grubs · aphids · grasshoppers · crickets · flies · mosquitoes · worms · centipedes
snout
Beast's protruding face
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- sticky tongueTacky oral appendage
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
spines · scales · elongated skull · keen eyesight · olfactory sense
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- nicheRecessed wall space
habitat · pest control · population control · bioindicator · keystone species · biodiversity · endemic · conservation · symbiosis · predator-prey
- feeding typesgrazer, browser, plant-eater, scavengers, vegetarian
- mammalsbears, bats, sheep, cats, anteater
- vertebratesmammals, mammal, birds, bird, reptiles
- savanna wildlifelions, zebras, elephants, giraffes, cheetahs
- food websfood web, food chain, food chains, producer, consumer
- mammal evolutionearly mammals, fossil record, diversification, human evolution, Australopithecus
insectivoresherbivores
Fauna consuming only plants
carnivores · frugivores · granivores · nectarivores · omnivores