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An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. [1] An alternative term is entomophage , [ 2 ] which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects . The first vertebrate insectivores were amphibians .
European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is a now-abandoned biological grouping within the class of mammals.
The orchid mantis is a carnivorous insectivore, mainly catching other insects. In the laboratory setting, it prefers lepidopteran prey. [15] Its diet in nature is much the same as orchid mantises kept in captivity, and consists of small insects like crickets, flies, fruit flies, beetles, and smaller stinging insects such as bees or miniature wasps.
The treeshrews (also called tree shrews or banxrings [3]) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia.They make up the entire order Scandentia (from Latin scandere, "to climb"), [4] which split into two families: the Tupaiidae (19 species, "ordinary" treeshrews), and the Ptilocercidae (one species, the pen-tailed treeshrew).
Historically, these animals were grouped with others such as treeshrews, elephant shrews, and colugos, under the broader category Insectivora, comprising all small insect-eating placental mammals.
Insectivorous Plants is a book by British naturalist and evolutionary theory pioneer Charles Darwin, first published on 2 July 1875 in London. [1]Part of a series of works by Darwin related to his theory of natural selection, the book is a study of carnivorous plants with specific attention paid to the adaptations that allow them to live in difficult conditions. [1]
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Pages in category "Insects of Indonesia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 248 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .