Sentences with phrase «small insects such»

Hamsters are omnivores and will happily snack on a variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and small insects such as mealworms or crickets.

In the wild, they're known to eat small insects such as crickets and mealworms.

Not exact matches

In one scorpion species, researchers have found that the arachnids use a relatively weak, but easily produced, prevenom for small jobs such as paralyzing insects and save their deadliest venom for serious work like fending off a larger animal.

Animals preying on undispersed seeds are typically small insects, such as flies, beetles, and moth larvae, with limited mobility.

Some tarantulas succeed in occasionally capturing small birds, small mammals such as mice, and even small fish, but their ordinary prey consists of insects such as crickets (for ground dwellers) and moths (for arboreal species).

Because sensing such fields is useful to small animals, the team suspects this ability could be important to other insect species as well.

Lead author Dr. Peter Alexander, of the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences and Scotland's Rural College, said: «A mix of small changes in consumer behaviour, such as replacing beef with chicken, reducing food waste and potentially introducing insects more commonly into diets, would help achieve land savings and a more sustainable food system.»

The DNA sequences of insects and seeds — and for large predatory birds, prey such as small mammals or lizards — reveal the food that attracts the birds to the airport in the first place.

The model shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, ants and other insects, which are able to convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores.

Fruit flies are small insects that are often used for genetic research as they reproduce quickly, are easy to breed in laboratory conditions and share many of the same fundamental mechanisms and pathways found in more complex organisms such as humans.

The U.S. continued to launch animals for scientific experiments but increasingly concentrated on smaller creatures such as mice and insects, which are easier to care for and take up much less space (although two squirrel monkeys did ride on the space shuttle Challenger's STS -51-B mission in April - May 1985.)

«The catalogue of genes involved in immune defence responses is well conserved among different bee species regardless of their level of social organisation,» explained Dr. Robert Waterhouse from the University of Geneva and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, «but it is much smaller than in solitary insects such as flies and mosquitoes that often live in more pathogen - rich environments.»

Program fellows from the 2009 — 2014 grant tackled problems of interest to Kansans such as the expansion of woody vegetation in rangelands, disease outbreaks in small mammal populations, or how insects respond to temperature change.

Among those who were healthy and ate a small percentage of their calories as animal products, they selected very nutrient - dense products such as whole insects and frogs, shellfish, and so on.

Some tribes kept a few cattle and goats which supplied both milk and meat; they ate small animals such as frogs; and they put a high value on insect food.

Solanine is a defense mechanism in some Solanaceae plants, used to protect against natural threats such as insects and small animals.

Because Shea Butter has such a large healing fraction, in addition to moisturizing fraction, regular use of this natural cream can treat many skin problems, including blemishes, wrinkles, itching, sunburns, small skin wounds, eczema, skin allergies, insect bites, frost bite, and other skin conditions.

He has small spectacles that sit on the end of his nose, similar to the style of an explorer who searches for new creatures (such as insects, mammals etc.).

Undomesticated cats hunt, which results in a diet consisting of small animals such as rodents and lizards, insects, and small birds — prey that is high in fat and protein, and very low in carbohydrates.

Catnip is ten times more effective than DEET at repelling mosquitoes Some insects also contain Nepetalactone which may protect them from other insects Large cats such as tigers can also enjoy a little catnip There are 250 species in the mint family Labiatae, only one causes this response in cats Cats can smell very small amounts of catnip in the air, only 1 part per billion

This can also include identifying small insects, such as ticks or fleas.

Play interactions can be based on the prey preferences of individual cats, such as toys that simulate birds (feather on a wand), insects (piece of dry food or laser pointer), or small rodents (many choices available).

Dogs that dig to search for small prey, such as rats, mice, moles, or small insects, perform this behavior out of instinct.

Equipment and Personal Items: ☐ Two 1 - liter water bottles: durable and reusable ☐ Locking carabiner (for clipping a water bottle or personal dry bag into a raft or inflatable kayak ☐ Headlamp or flashlight (consider bringing extra batteries) ☐ Sunglasses (preferably polarized) with securing strap (consider bringing a spare) ☐ Small, quick - drying towel ☐ Toiletries, including biodegradable soap (such as Campsuds or Dr. Bronner's) ☐ Sunscreen and lip protection: waterproof & SPF 30 or higher (aerosol sprays not recommended) ☐ Moisturizing lotion or cream ☐ Insect repellent ☐ Personal first aid kit (Band - aids, antibiotic ointment, ibuprofen, moleskin, eye drops, etc.) ☐ Spare pair of glasses and / or contacts ☐ Cash for gratuities

[1] They feed mainly on aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans and insect larvae, and will also eat small fish.

Why the large animals and all dinosaurs, many birds, many shallow water marine shelled organisms among others, to the exclusion of insects, small mammals, lagoonal, swamp and estruarine animals and plants such as alligators, frogs, turtles, etc?