What animals eat termites?

Answer 1

Lizards' diets range from meat to insects to flowers to leafy greens to eggs, etc. However, most lizards are rather specialized in diet. In order to correctly and completely answer your question, we'd need specificity on which type of lizard we are talking about.

Further information on specific lizard species that eat termites:

Geckos are known to feed on termites, as do skinks and legless lizards. Lizards in the dragon family, such as frill-necked lizards and bearded dragons, also eat termites.

Answer 2

Ants are the greatest predators of termites, often raiding termite nests to eat their young. Spiders and some types of bugs also eat termites.

Ant-eating creatures, such as anteaters, aardvarks, aardwolf, many species of baboon and primates and the Australian short-beaked echidna (sometimes nicknamed the spiny anteater) and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea all eat termites.

The numbat, a small marsupial of western Australia, feeds almost exclusively on termites, preferring them over ants, like the echidna. Other marsupials which eat termites (among other foods) include the bilby, marsupial mole and even the ringtail possum.

Most species of birds eat termites, as do smaller species of lizards, such as geckos, skinks, frill-necked lizards and legless lizards, and snakes.

Answer 3

Animals that eat termites include anteaters, aardvarks, and certain species of birds like honeyguides and woodpeckers. These animals have specialized adaptations, such as long tongues or strong beaks, to help them extract termites from their nests or colonies.