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Three reasons are theorized:
1.) They are an easy source of nutrients for plants that don't get much sunlight.
2.) They are a great way to stay alive without water for shorter periods of time.
3.) Because they give extra nutrients, which make it easier to develop seeds.
I'm not sure if there are any other reasons why, but those are the main three.
What else can I help you with?
What is an insect eating lizard called?
a carnivore if it doesn't eat vegies/plants either and a omnivore if it eats both insects and vegies/plants
What advantages do insect-eating plants have over those that cannot eat insects?
On advantage to being an insect that only eats plants is the fact that you don't have to hunt your food supply. Insects that have to look for food may have a terrible time getting their prey.
Do grasshoppers eat insects?
No, they eat grasses and other plants.
How have plants and plant eating insects coevolved?
Because insect eat plants, some plants evolved in response into poisonous or carnivorous species.Coevolution is just used to describe an organism that evolves in response to another.
How does inseciticide help kill insects when its sprayed on plants?
the insect will eat the plant so it will spread through the plant into the insect killing the insect.
Can plants eat insects?
Venus fly-traps and pitcher plants who has digestive enzymes to engulf insect's nutrition.
What type of insects eat rotting log?
the rotten log eating insect (named dixie normus)
What type of food do insects eat?
Each insect species eat a different diet of foods. Some insects will eat rotted leaves, cardboard, fruits, plants, and decaying animals.
What are insect eating bats?
moths, , flies, crickets, grasshoppers, planthoppers, leafhoppers, ants, assassin bugs, spittle bugs, cicadas, dragonflies, termites, stink bugs, and beetles
What bug do gorillas eat?
Gorillas eat insects and plants. They eat bugs like grubs, termites, and insect eggs. They mainly eat plants, roots, flowers, and leaves.
Determine what pheromones are and how insect eating plants use them?
a pheromone is a chemical that triggers a natural behaviorial responce in another member of the same species. insect-eating plants use the same pheromones as bugs so they use them to attract insects to eat. by the way it's bad for you to use WikiAnswers to answer science questions out of your text book.
Are insect eating birds herbivores?
No. Insects, though they often fly, are not birds. All birds by definition are warm-blooded, bi-pedal creatures and have an endoskeleton (a skeleton structure inside the body). In contrast to be classed an insect a creature must be cold-blooded, have six legs and an exoskeleton (a skeleton structure outside the body). As such insects are cannot be classed as birds.
