Most carnivorous - "insectivorous" - plants do feed on insects and such buggy invertebrates. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
I have been working for some time on a special subject, namely insectivorous plants. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
These are called insectivorous birds. From Wordnik.com. [Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition] Reference
Many orchids and insectivorous plants are also present. From Wordnik.com. [Tepuis] Reference
This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
Moreover, most insectivorous lizards require moving prey. From Wordnik.com. [33 Green Iguana] Reference
Many other birds, especially insectivorous species, migrate south. From Wordnik.com. [Laurentian Mixed Forest Province (Bailey)] Reference
The whole Suborder is still marked by its insectivorous beginnings. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
They are primarily insectivorous, and catch insects by jumping at them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Why do insectivorous bats in Britain not fly in daylight more frequently?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Migratory insectivorous birds were enumerated as Thrushes, Orioles, Larks. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
The kites are largely insectivorous and first on their menu are dragonflies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
The insectivorous Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus, occurs in lowland elevation. From Wordnik.com. [Pyrenees-Mont Perdu, France and Spain] Reference
Sitta feeds on seeds as well as on insects, but the structure of its stomach is insectivorous. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Birds that are only partly insectivorous, and which eat grain and fruit, may need further inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
The Woodpeckers and their allied species, though insectivorous, are not thus affected by the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
These forests harbor two species of the giant insectivorous Rafflesia (R. rochussenii and R. patma). From Wordnik.com. [Western Java rain forests] Reference
Another approach that may have some localized merit is to provide nesting sites for insectivorous birds. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 23] Reference
These birds are insectivorous in their feeding habits, which of course also means that they are migratory. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
The presence of insectivorous plants may be an evolutionary response to growing in nitrogen-poor conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Sundaland heath forests] Reference
The dearth of insectivorous birds seriously affects the cultivation of a soil naturally bounteous to excess. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
The insectivorous pitcher plants Nepenthes grow in high-elevation bogs and other nitrogen-deficient habitats. From Wordnik.com. [Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests] Reference
Nearly every State and Territory has passed game laws, and several States have statutes protecting insectivorous birds. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Day; How to prepare for it] Reference
Even the small monkeys generally regarded as insectivorous, were confined to a rigid vegetarian fare and were thriving. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
Those insectivorous species that gather their food chiefly from the ground are under a particular necessity of migrating. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
This is the tube-nosed insectivorous bat Murina florium, considered to be the "rarest mammal recorded alive in Australia". From Wordnik.com. [Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia] Reference
Many birds are partially insectivorous, feeding upon insects when these are plentiful, and upon various seeds at other times. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Some summit endemics occur on most or all mountains, such as the insectivorous species Drosera roraimae and Urticularia humboldtii. From Wordnik.com. [Tepuis] Reference
This is moistened with water or mixed with mashed boiled potato, and forms a diet upon which most of the insectivorous birds thrive. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Mr. Weir's paper on the kinds of larvæ, etc., eaten or rejected by insectivorous birds was read at the last meeting of the Entomological. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1] Reference
Ground vegetation in heath forests generally is sparse, primarily composed of mosses and liverworts, with a host of insectivorous plants. From Wordnik.com. [Sundaland heath forests] Reference
Ants make up the majority of the diet for the insectivorous sloth bear. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Or, it may be, he will become insectivorous like the pitcher plant in time. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
"Perfect 10," as he calls it, will be very fast and very social - if not insectivorous. From Wordnik.com. [Channel Register] Reference
The animalcule and the insectivorous plant know no boundaries between the animal and the vegetable. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
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