No, they feed on the host. Parasitical relationships mean one organism takes advantage of its host. Hence the name parasite.
Parasites
Parasites.
Heterotrophs, saprophytes and parasites
no an insect cannot make its on food, like parasites it may derive it from any other organism but being a heterotroph, it cannot make its own food
Organisms that get their food from other things or they can't make food on their own.
Heterotrophs (don't make their own food): Fungi and Metazoa/Animalia There are some multicellular parasitic plants that don't make their own food either (evolved to be parasites, they don't even have cloroplasts) but for the most part Metaphyta/Plantae do make their own food and are part of what's called autotrophs.
Parasites get their energy and nutrition from their host. They cannot make their own energy, so they don't have chlorophyll.
Most plants use photosynthesis to create glucose, their food source. However, some plant species are parasites and feed off of others.
One way that saprobes and parasites are different in which material they consume. Saprobes eat dead plants and animals, while parasites steals food from living host organisms.
Yes, parasites can grow in food.
Autotrophs can make their own food.
The three plant-like substances that do not produce their own food are saprophytes, parasites, and myco-heterotrophs. These organisms rely on other organisms for their nutrition instead of photosynthesis.