Bees are flying protein bars for predators. Discover what makes bees so appealing to birds, insects, and mammals.

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And birds. And lemurs. And bears. A mind-boggling number of bugs are consumed by the Zoo’s insectivores, or insect-eating animals, each week: 121,000 crickets, 150,000 mealworms and 17,000 ...

When periodical cicadas emerge, they’re consumed by just about anything that eats insects. Mammals and birds, amphibians and reptiles, and fish all eat cicadas — and benefit from the glut of them.

The name for animals that eat meat and plants. Rats eat plants, seeds, and fruit, as well insects and other animals. In fact, rats will eat almost anything! Discover what different animals eat as ...

If consumers want to eat bugs or feed them to their animals, market demand will increase. Our lawmakers should not manipulate the market into embracing insect protein.