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It primarily eats zooplankton, insects, insect larvae, and phytoplankton, although it can eat a variety of other foods, such as worms and small crustaceans, if its preferred sources are not readily available.
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It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans.
A primarily carnivorous species that eats all sorts of small creatures, the Magpie-lark can adapt to an enormous range of different habitats, requiring only some soft, bare ground for foraging, a supply of mud for making a nest, and a tree to make it in.
Cheke's day gecko ( Phelsuma abbotti chekei ) is a day gecko that primarily eats insects and fruits.
The Noisy Miner primarily eats nectar, fruit and insects, and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians.
In California, the gray fox primarily eats rodents, followed by lagomorphs, e. g. jackrabbit, brush rabbit, etc.
Its skin is covered with granular scales and tubercles, and it primarily eats winged termites and ants.
Jaguar guapote ( Parachromis managuensis ), a predatory piscivore, a carnivorous fish that primarily eats other fishes, was found illegally introduced into the lake.
The Long-tailed Hawk primarily eats squirrels and small birds ; it can also hunt chickens in the villages close to the forest.
primarily and zooplankton
Prior to the Phanerozoic ( before 544 Ma ), it is believed that microbial or inorganic processes weakly regulated the ocean's silicon cycle .< ref name = grenne03 > Subsequently, the cycle appears dominated ( and more strongly regulated ) by the radiolarians and siliceous sponges, the former as zooplankton, the latter as sedentary filter feeders primarily on the continental shelves.
Although zooplankton are primarily transported by ambient water currents, many have locomotion, used to avoid predators ( as in diel vertical migration ) or to increase prey encounter rate.
As a result, zooplankton are primarily found in surface waters where food resources ( phytoplankton or other zooplankton ) are abundant.
Reaching long and weighing as much as, the sei whale daily consumes an average of of food, primarily copepods, krill, and other zooplankton.
When active, they feed primarily on zooplankton such as mysid shrimp, euphausiids, mesopelagic and benthopelagic fish, amphipods, and other crustaceans ; adults also take smaller fish and squid.
The smaller teeth and longer gill rakers of juveniles suggest they feed primarily by filtering zooplankton from the water, while the deeper-living adults target other fish and squid.
They are carnivorous and feed primarily on small fish such as pilchard ( Clupeidae ); crustaceans such as krill ( Euphausiacea ), copepods, and other zooplankton ( the latter comprising the bulk of the juvenile diet ).
Both young and adult slimeheads feed primarily upon zooplankton such as mysid shrimp, amphipods, euphausiids, prawns and other crustaceans, as well as larval fish.
Ridgeheads feed primarily on zooplankton, such as copepods, euphausiids, and other small pelagic crustaceans.
primarily and insects
Carnivores that eat insects and similar invertebrates primarily or exclusively are called insectivores, while those that eat fish primarily or exclusively are called piscivores.
They primarily eat small mammals, such as voles, prairie dogs, eastern cottontails, ground squirrels, and mice, though they will eat birds, snakes, lizards, deer, javelina, and livestock, as well as large insects and other large invertebrates.
Investigators have shown that rods are mere tricks of light which result from how images ( primarily video images ) of flying insects are recorded and played back.
In the wild, they feed primarily on seeds, fruits and greens, and will occasionally eat burrowing insects.
In some of the insects the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but in many parasitic species ( primarily in wasps and other Hymenoptera ) it is a piercing organ as well.
Gordioidean adults are free-living in freshwater or semiterrestrial habitats and larvae parasitise insects, primarily orthopterans.
They are built primarily by birds, but also by mammals ( e. g. squirrels ), fish, insects ( e. g. wasps, termites and honey bees ) and reptiles ( e. g. snakes and turtles ).
Activities include controlling the Museum environment ( for example, temperature and light ) and preventing pests ( primarily insects ) from damaging artefacts.
As far as known, wrens are primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small arthropods, but many species also eat vegetable matter and some will take small frogs / lizards.
Though little is known about the feeding habits of many of the Neotropical species, wrens are considered primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small arthropods.
They feed on insects and seeds ; though adults of most species eat seeds primarily, all species feed their young insects for at least the first week after hatching.
Like all members of its family, the Red-throated Loon is primarily a fish-eater, though it sometimes feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, frogs, aquatic invertebrates, insects, fish spawn or even plant material.
In smaller dead plants, this process is largely carried out by the soil invertebrate fauna, whereas in the larger plants, primarily parasitic life-forms such as insects and fungi play a major breakdown role and are not assisted by numerous detritivore species.
Many species are omnivorous, eating primarily small insects and all kinds of plant material and fungi ; some are scavengers, feeding upon dead organisms, bird dung and other fecal material.
It feeds primarily on plant materials, including seeds from weeds and waste grain such as corn and rice, but about a quarter of its diet consists of insects and other small animals, and considerably more so during breeding season.
Like other waxwings, its diet consists primarily of berries supplemented by insects, especially during the breeding season.
The Wallcreeper is an insectivore, feeding on terrestrial invertebrates — primarily insects and spiders — gleaned from rock faces.
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