An herbivore is an animal or insect ... Fruit bats and flying foxes are examples of frugivores. And, animals and insects that eat mostly leaves — such as pandas, caterpillars, giraffes or ...

Many insects are life-history omnivores, which means that they act as herbivores during one stage of their life, then as predators during another. For example, most parasitoid wasps feed upon ...

Indeed, this is a textbook example of coevolution and a straightforward interpretation of the forces driving evolution and the rise of new species. However, a new study challenges this view.

For example, aphids living on the trees may ... of the genus Cladosporium on the defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves, not only increases ...

For example, hole-feeding insects chew holes ... insect lineages themselves have not changed, the species of herbivorous insects that munched on cycads and conifers in the Jurassic are no longer ...

Compared to the herbivorous insects on flowering plants and conifers ... The disparity varies regionally, however. Hawaii, for example, has more ferns and more fern-eating insects than some ...