What is sapro-xylophagous food?

wood

dung

aphids

plankton

Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. ... Animals feeding only on dead wood are called sapro-xylophagous or saproxylic.

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Greece

93%

Australia

91%

the Netherlands

78%

21%

the United States

67%

16%

Republic of Ireland

66%

20%

Germany

53%

14%

23%

Poland

52%

16%

23%

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the United Kingdom

52%

14%

16%

India

43%

10%

23%

This is a larva of ...

Hoverfly

Ladybug

European mole cricket

Odonata

These ants bite off and collect leaf pieces. What for?

they will grow mushrooms on them

they will feed them to larva

they will expand their anthill with it

they're converting a tree to a new anthill

Whats the name of the biggest moth in the world ?

Death's-head Hawkmoth

Morgan's sphinx moth

Saturniidae

Attacus Atlas

On which sea is the Italian island of Gorgona located?

in the Aegean Sea

in the Ligurian Sea

in the Tyrrhenian Sea

in the Adriatic Sea