Sentences with phrase «primarily on ants»

The Red - cockaded Woodpecker feeds primarily on ants, beetles, cockroaches, caterpillars, wood - boring insects, and spiders, and occasionally fruit and berries.

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Black bears in Yosemite National Park that don't seek out human foods subsist primarily on plants and nuts, according to a study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego who also found that ants and other sources of animal protein, such as mule deer, make up only a small fraction of the bears» annual diet.

Myrmoteras ants live in the tropics of Southeast Asia, where they feed primarily on springtails — tiny arthropods that launch themselves into the air like fleas when they detect a threat.