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Moni asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

What insects eat other insects? ?

I would like to know the common names (not Scientific names) of insects that eat other insects. Any idea??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Praying Mantis, Assassin bug, Wheel bug are a few predatory insects.

  • 1 decade ago

    well there are very agressive bugs that lie and wait these are assasin or kissing beetles

    then there is robber flies

    scorpian flies steal from spiders

    these is sexual cannibalism such as a mantis

    i mean i know its not an insect but many spiders

    i think there are some cricket that do so

    and some locusts

    and horribly but fascinating wasps that live in a caterpillar and when they hatch out them they release a chemical that causes the caterpillar to become neutral sex wise and controls the caterpillar to protect the larve

  • 1 decade ago

    An ichneumonidae lays its eggs in a caterpillar and they eat it from the inside, but it doesn't have a not-scientific name i dont think- gross but true! Wasps eat smaller insects too.

  • 1 decade ago

    Beetles

    Robber Flies

    Pirate bugs

    Ladybugs

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  • 1 decade ago

    Evil Laurie------> spiders are not insects

  • 1 decade ago

    Spiders,lady bugs,

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    1 decade ago

    LADYBUGS EAT APHIDS

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