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A great variety of insects live in the Great Sandy Desert, particularly since they form a major part of the diet of some lizards, birds and omnivorous mammals there. Insects include the Desert tree cricket, desert cicadas, numerous ant and termite species, cockroaches, butterflies, moths, native bees, grasshoppers and beetles.
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∙ 9y agoInsects have adapted to handle the rough conditions of the desert. They eat a variety of plants, and do not need water due to the plants stored water supply.
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What kind of scientist study insects?
One who studies insects is an Entomologist.
What kind of tortoises are in the Mojave Desert?
The desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, lives in the Mojave Desert.
What does the great blue heron eat?
They are a carnivores because they eat only fish and insects.
What kind of dog was Sandy in Annie?
I believe it to be a Wheaten Terrior.
Does a house martin kind of bird eat insects?
Yes, house martin birds do eat insects, infact a wide variety.
What kind of Animal Life and Plant Life come from the Great Sandy Desert?
rocks and turtles. lol
What kind of sand in the desert?
the most sand type found in the desert is sandy soil
What do insects eat in the Sahara desert?
Any kind of insects they can find.
What kind of Geckos live in the desert?
Leopard geckos live in a desert habitat, but not in a sandy one.
What kind of weather is it like in a sandy desert?
Usually very hot and dry.
What kind of shelters did desert native Americans build?
sandy ones :P
A desert rose is the name of a crystal formation that occurs in what kind of arid condition?
Sandy. Hence the name "desert rose".
What kind of soil is found in thar desert?
Sandy, sandy loam. Regosol. gypsic or calcic B horizon hardpan typical of the soil.
What kind of insects are in the desert?
There are a great number of insects that live in the deserts of the world. By and large ants and termites make up the bulk of the numbers. Other insects include grasshoppers, mantids, walking sticks, and numerous beetles. Insects actually account for the bulk of all animal life in a desert. In any given area the total weight of insects far exceeds the weight of all other animals combined.
What kind of animals that are poisonous live in a dry desert?
Poisonous animals are those that are toxic if eaten. In the desert there are some insects and amphibians that can be toxic to other animals or humans if consumed.
What kind of desert is in California?
California has hot subtropical deserts - the Mojave and the Sonoran - and has a small part of a cold winter desert - the Great basin Desert.
What Animals live in the desert and rainforest?
There is a lot of animals that live in the rainforest like birds,parrots,tigers,and all kind of other animals.
