Sentence examples for * predaceous from inspiring English sources

Thus, it is unclear whether or not the ancestral aparaglossatan larvae were predaceous.

Most species of Heteroptera and Blattodea are phytophagous, only a small part of them are predaceous.

Predacious, more often spelled predaceous, came along in 1713 to be applied to animals.

All amiiform fishes (that is, the bowfin's extinct relatives) were probably predaceous.

Mesoveliids are predaceous and are usually seen on floating vegetation or on the water surface.

When it comes to hunting, many insects are "miniature counterparts of predaceous vertebrates".

The earliest mammals were small, active, predaceous, and terrestrial or semiarboreal.

Lauren Goldmann and Alex Weir studied of 13 species of Chitonomyces, all ectoparasitic on the predaceous diving beetle Laccophilus maculosus.

Predaceous diving beetle (family Dytiscidae), also called diving beetle, or true water beetle, any of more than 4,000 species of carnivorous, aquatic beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that prey on organisms ranging from other insects to fish larger than themselves.

Predaceous lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are a well-studied group of consumers that can yield insight into relationships among interspecific niche differences, species richness, and prey consumption.

Predaceous arthropods, including spiders, hoverflies, and lady beetles, were among the most common natural enemies observed and collected in the blueberry fields.