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A molluscivore is a carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods and cephalopods.Known molluscivores include numerous predatory (and often cannibalistic) molluscs, (e.g. octopuses, murexes, decollate snails and oyster drills), arthropods such as crabs and firefly larvae, and vertebrates such as fish, birds and mammals. [1]
Fireflies have featured in human culture around the world for centuries. [55] In Japan, the emergence of fireflies ( Japanese : hotaru ) signifies the anticipated changing of the seasons; [ 56 ] firefly viewing is a special aesthetic pleasure of midsummer, celebrated in parks that exist for that one purpose. [ 57 ]
Porcellio scaber eat the exuvia of pupae. [13] Parasites of adults include phorids. Antennatus apocephalus are observed to parasitise adults. [13] Fireflies flicker their lights, which initially attract predators like jumping spiders, but repeated encounters lead spiders to learn that fireflies are unpalatable and prompt them to drop the insects.
Oligophagy is a term for intermediate degrees of selectivity, referring to animals that eat a relatively small range of foods, either because of preference or necessity. [2] Another classification refers to the specific food animals specialize in eating, such as: Carnivore: the eating of animals Araneophagy: eating spiders; Avivore: eating birds
Phausis reticulata, commonly referred to as the blue ghost [1] is a species of firefly found in the eastern and central United States. The species is common in the southern Appalachians, and can be seen in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Chattahoochee National Forest, as well as North Carolina's DuPont State Forest, the Pisgah National Forest, and the Green River Gamelands [2] [3] in ...
The orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus, has found a way to hack the firefly’s bioluminescent signals to lure more of the glowing insects, according to new research.
Some fireflies — nicknamed femme fatale — mimic another species' light pattern to attract males, kill and eat them, Lewis said. Climate change is another worry for fireflies, Lewis said.
At some point bee-eaters have been recorded eating beetles, mayflies, stoneflies, cicadas, termites, crickets and grasshoppers, mantises, true flies and moths. For many species, the dominant prey item are stinging members of the order Hymenoptera, namely wasps and bees. In a survey of 20 studies, the proportion of the diet made up by bees and ...