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prey

1. an animal hunted or captured by another for food
2. bird or beast of prey a bird or animal that preys on others for food
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Similar trend was observed in the present feeding trial where both nymph and adult stages of aphids were preyed by spiders (Rana et al.
PREDATORY POTENTIAL OF ARANEAE AGAINST APHIDIDAE PESTS IN CANOLA CROP
Japanese scops owls preyed on smaller individuals of Rattus norvegicus (d.
The prey tactics by two owl species in the forest of northeastern China
The Eurasian sparrowhawk primarily preyed on smaller woodland birds, great tits, house sparrows, tits, finches, buntings, thrushes and starlings.
Comparison of Diet Analysis of Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus and Black Kite, Milvus migrans (Accipitridae: Accipitriformes) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Similarly, within prey species, larger predators preyed on larger individuals of a given species, but also exploited a wider selection of prey sizes than smaller moonsnails.
Ontogenetic shifts in the predatory habits of the northern moonsnail (Lunatia heros) on the northwestern Atlantic coast
notata preyed on neonate compared to third-instars or adult females (Table 2).
Predatory behavior and life history of Tenuisvalvae notata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) under variable prey availability conditions

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