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Do predators eat insects

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Some predators eat insects. A predator can be defined as any organism that eats other organisms, and as such even cows can be considered predators (of plants). Insects make up the most mass of any group of animals, and as such they are very common prey for a huge diversity of predators--including many other insects and of course Spiders. Of the thousands of species of Songbirds I would estimate that about half of them eat insects alone. Mammals that eat insects are fewer in number, and are mostly smaller species, such as bats and shrews. Insects make up the majority of the diet of most amphibians, and there are also many snakes and lizards that mostly eat insects, as well.

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