Fungus Feeders
122 species with this diet
African Cave Cricket
Phaeophilacris spectrum
A large, pale cave-dwelling cricket found in caves across sub-Saharan Africa. It has greatly reduced eyes and elongated ...
African Fungus Termite
Macrotermes natalensis
A large fungus-cultivating termite that builds complex mounds with sophisticated ventilation systems. Its mounds are amo...
Alabama Cave Silverfish
Speleonycta sp. nov. Alabama
A recently described cave silverfish from northern Alabama caves. It is completely blind and unpigmented, representing a...
Amazonian Fungus-Growing Ant
Atta laevigata
One of the largest leaf-cutter ant species with smooth, shiny-headed major workers. Its subterranean colonies can span 3...
Ambrosia Beetle
Xyleborinus saxesenii
A tiny wood-boring beetle that cultivates ambrosia fungi inside tree galleries as food. They live in cooperative family ...
Anceps Termite
Ancistrotermes cavithorax
A fungus-growing termite common across Sub-Saharan Africa, often sharing habitat with larger Macrotermes species. Coloni...
Australian King Cricket
Australostylus montanus
A large, robust cricket found in the cool mountain forests of southeastern Australia. It is flightless and nocturnal wit...
Badius Fungus Termite
Odontotermes badius
An African fungus-growing termite widespread in savanna ecosystems. Colonies build subterranean nests with moderate moun...
Balkan Cave Cricket
Troglophilus cavicola
A common cave cricket found throughout the Dinaric karst region of southeastern Europe. It congregates in large groups o...
Banded Fungus Beetle
Triplax russica
A small, attractively colored beetle with a red thorax and dark blue-black elytra. Lives on bracket fungi on dead trees....
Bathysciola Cave Beetle
Bathysciola ovata
A small oval cave beetle found in the Pyrenean caves of France and Spain. It has reduced eyes and elongated antennae for...
Beech Scale
Cryptococcus fagisuga
A tiny scale insect that feeds on beech bark, creating wounds that allow the Neonectria fungus to enter. Together they c...
Bilobatus Soil Termite
Cubitermes bilobatodes
An African soil-feeding termite found in moist forests and forest-savanna transitional zones. Mounds are small and may h...
Bioluminescent Cockroach
Lucihormetica verrucosa
A cockroach with two glowing spots on its pronotum that mimic toxic click beetles....
Bioluminescent Fungus Gnat
Keroplatus testaceus
A remarkable fungus gnat whose larvae create bioluminescent webs on bracket fungi. The blue-green glow attracts prey ins...
Blue Morpho
Morpho menelaus
Renowned for its brilliant iridescent blue wings. The color is not from pigment but from microscopic scales that reflect...
Blue Mountains Glowworm
Arachnocampa richardsae
An Australian bioluminescent fungus gnat closely related to the New Zealand glowworm. Its larvae hang from cave ceilings...
Brazilian Eosentomid
Eosentomon braziliense
A tropical proturan from Brazilian forest soils representing one of the few South American species described. It inhabit...
Brazilian Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Erotylus incomparabilis
A strikingly patterned beetle with bold black and orange spots on a glossy body. It is commonly found on bracket fungi i...
Canary Islands Cave Silverfish
Coletinia majorensis
A cave-adapted silverfish from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. It lives in lava tubes and volcanic caves....
Cave Bark Louse
Prionoglaris stygia
A primitive cave-dwelling bark louse found in European caves. It retains many ancestral features making it important for...
Cave Cricket
Ceuthophilus secretus
A wingless, hump-backed cricket with extremely long antennae adapted for life in total darkness. It emerges from caves a...
Cave Springtail
Pseudosinella violenta
A pale elongate springtail adapted to cave environments with reduced pigmentation and eyes. It feeds on fungi and bat gu...
Cave Weta
Gymnoplectron acanthocerum
A large cave-dwelling weta endemic to New Zealand with extremely long antennae up to three times its body length. Uses i...
Chinese Sinentomid
Sinentomon erythranum
A rare proturan discovered in Chinese soil that represents a unique family within the order. It has abdominal spiracles ...
Common Fungus Gnat
Bradysia impatiens
A small, delicate dark fly with long legs and antennae that commonly infests houseplant soil. Adults are weak fliers tha...
Cork Moth
Nemapogon cloacella
A small mottled brown and cream moth that naturally breeds in bracket fungi on trees. It occasionally becomes a pest in ...
Crimean Cave Dipluran
Plusiocampa dublanskii
A cave-adapted dipluran from limestone caves in the Crimean Peninsula. It shows classic troglomorphic traits including d...
Dark Mound Termite
Macrotermes carbonarius
A large fungus-growing termite found across Southeast Asia that builds conspicuous dark mounds. Workers process dead woo...
Dark-winged Fungus Gnat
Sciara hemerobioides
A small, dark fungus gnat with smoky wings and long slender antennae. Its larvae are known for forming spectacular march...
Death Watch Barklouse
Trogium pulsatorium
A common indoor booklouse known for producing a quiet tapping sound by striking its abdomen against surfaces. It is foun...
Degeeri Booklouse
Liposcelis decolor
A cosmopolitan booklouse commonly found in libraries, herbaria, and grain stores. It can cause significant damage to sto...
Derbid Planthopper
Anotia bonnetii
A delicate planthopper with elongated, paddle-shaped wings held flat over the body. It is pale yellowish-green and often...
Dominican Amber Cricket
Amphiacusta annulipes
A cave-dwelling cricket found in Hispaniola with long antennae and pale coloring. It is related to species found preserv...
Dorypteryx Booklouse
Dorypteryx domestica
A winged domestic psocid found in houses, especially in roof spaces and lofts. It is attracted to light and sometimes sw...
Dusty Barklouse
Lachesilla pedicularia
A tiny psocid commonly found in old books, herbaria, and grain stores. It thrives in dusty undisturbed environments....
Elegant Cave Cricket
Ceuthophilus elegans
A moderately-sized cave cricket found in caves and dark sheltered areas across the eastern United States. It has a mottl...
European Cave Cricket
Dolichopoda linderi
A true troglobitic cricket found in caves of the French Pyrenees. It has reduced eyes and elongated cerci compared to su...
Exploding Ant
Colobopsis explodens
Minor workers can deliberately rupture their own bodies in an act of self-sacrifice, releasing a toxic sticky yellow sec...
Featherwing Beetle
Scydosella musawasensis
The smallest known free-living (non-parasitic) insect at just 0.325 mm long. Discovered in Nicaragua in 1999, it feeds o...
Fiordland Cave Weta
Pachyrhamma waitomoensis
A large cave weta found in the cave systems of the Waitomo region in New Zealand. It has very long legs and antennae ada...
Flat Bark Beetle of Madeira
Tarphius rufonodulosus
A small flattened beetle endemic to the laurel forests of Madeira. It lives under the bark of dead Laurus and Ocotea tre...
Flat-footed Fly
Lindneromyia dorsalis
A tiny fly that runs in circles on leaf surfaces during its courtship display....
Frosted Pine Aphid
Cinara pilicornis
A large brown aphid covered in waxy powder that forms colonies on spruce twigs. It produces copious honeydew that suppor...
Fungus Weevil
Platyrhinus resinosus
A broad-nosed weevil with mottled brown and white patterning resembling tree bark. It is associated with fungus-infected...
Furniture Booklouse
Liposcelis paeta
A minute pale booklouse often found in new homes and recently plastered walls. It feeds on microscopic mold in damp indo...
Garden Acerentomid
Acerentomon gallicum
A minute soil-dwelling proturan commonly found in gardens and meadows of western Europe. It lacks eyes, wings, and anten...
Grain Booklouse
Liposcelis bostrychophila
A tiny wingless booklouse that is one of the most common stored-product pests worldwide. It thrives in warm humid enviro...
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
A tiny reddish-brown ambrosia beetle that bores into a wide range of hardwood trees. It cultivates a symbiotic fungus in...
Greenhouse Whitefly
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
A white-winged sap-feeding insect commonly found in greenhouses and warm climates. Adults and nymphs produce honeydew th...
Handsome Fungus Beetle
Stenotarsus rotundus
A small rounded beetle that aggregates in enormous numbers during dry seasons....
Helena Olive Wireworm Beetle
Tarphius wollastoni
A small beetle endemic to St. Helena in the South Atlantic. It is associated with decaying endemic gumwood trees....
Horntail Wasp
Urocerus gigas
A large wood wasp that injects symbiotic fungus into trees along with its eggs....
Indian Fungus-growing Termite
Odontotermes obesus
A major fungus-cultivating termite pest in the Indian subcontinent. It causes significant damage to crops, trees, and wo...
Indian Mound Termite
Odontotermes wallonensis
A common mound-building fungus termite in the Indian subcontinent. Workers forage extensively in agricultural fields, of...
Indian White Termite
Odontotermes horni
A fungus-cultivating termite common in the forests and agricultural areas of the Indian subcontinent. Colonies build sub...
Japanese Cave Cricket
Diestrammena japanica
A large cave cricket native to Japan where it inhabits natural caves and man-made tunnels. It has very long antennae tha...
Japanese Eosentomid
Eosentomon sakura
A tiny proturan found in the soils of Japanese temperate forests. It possesses functional spiracles unlike acerentomid p...
Jet Black Ant
Lasius fuliginosus
A shiny jet-black ant that builds carton nests inside hollow trees using chewed wood mixed with honeydew. It cultivates ...
Kentucky Cave Cricket
Ceuthophilus stygius
A large cave cricket found throughout the cave systems of Kentucky and surrounding states. It has extremely long antenna...
Krubera Cave Springtail
Plutomurus ortobalaganensis
The deepest-dwelling terrestrial animal ever recorded, found at 1,980 meters underground in Krubera Cave. It is complete...
Large Elm Bark Beetle
Scolytus scolytus
The principal vector of Dutch elm disease in Europe. Adults feed in twig crotches of healthy elms, transmitting the dead...
Leafcutter Ant
Atta cephalotes
Fungus farmers that cut and carry leaf fragments to underground gardens where they cultivate a specific fungus for food....
Lepidocampa Dipluran
Lepidocampa weberi
A tropical dipluran found in forest soils across Southeast Asia. It has distinctive scale-covered body segments....
Lepinotus Booklouse
Lepinotus reticulatus
A small wingless psocid with a reticulated body surface found in buildings and caves. It tolerates cooler temperatures t...
Lesser Leaf-Cutter Ant
Acromyrmex octospinosus
A smaller leaf-cutter ant species covered in spiny tubercles on its body. It forms more modest colonies than Atta but is...
Macrotermes Queen
Macrotermes bellicosus
Queens can live for over 25 years (possibly up to 50) and grow to enormous size — a single queen lays up to 30,000 eggs ...
Malaccensis Fungus Termite
Macrotermes malaccensis
A large mound-building fungus termite found in the rainforests of peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Colonies construct pro...
Mars Leafcutter Ant
Atta colombica
A major leafcutter ant species found in Colombian and Panamanian tropical forests. It forms large colonies with millions...
Midge Gall Fly
Asphondylia sarothamni
A gall midge that induces pod-like galls on broom shrubs. Its larvae develop inside swollen seed pods alongside symbioti...
Miniature Water Scavenger Beetle
Cercyon laminatus
A tiny terrestrial hydrophilid often found in compost and decaying plant material. Despite belonging to a water beetle f...
Mound-building Termite
Macrotermes gilvus
A fungus-growing termite widespread across Southeast Asia that builds subterranean to semi-subterranean nests with low m...
Mount Arthur Cave Weta
Miotopus diversus
A cave weta endemic to caves in the Nelson region of New Zealand's South Island. It has extremely long antennae and pale...
Mountain Fungus Gnat
Boletina alpina
A delicate, long-legged gnat found in damp montane forests. Larvae develop in fungi and decaying wood at high elevations...
New Zealand Cave Weta
Pachyrhamma edwardsii
A large cave weta found throughout New Zealand's North Island caves. It has massive hind legs and can grow quite large....
New Zealand Glowworm
Arachnocampa luminosa
A bioluminescent fungus gnat larva endemic to New Zealand. Produces blue-green light to lure prey into sticky silk threa...
Nosek's Eosentomid
Eosentomon noseki
A small proturan described from central European soils named after prominent proturologist Josef Nosek. It prefers moist...
Ornate Derbid
Cedusa ornata
A tiny planthopper with delicate wings featuring intricate brown patterning. Adults have characteristically elongated wi...
Ozark Cave Silverfish
Speleonycta ozarkensis
A blind cave-adapted silverfish found in caves of the Ozark Highlands. It is completely white and eyeless....
Pink Glasswing
Cithaerias pireta
A forest-floor butterfly with mostly transparent wings and delicate pink-tinted hind wing patches. It has a weak, flutte...
Pitted Ambrosia Beetle
Cnesinus strigicollis
A tiny dark brown bark beetle that cultivates fungal gardens inside its tunnels. It introduces ambrosia fungi into the w...
Pleasing Lacewing Beetle
Zenoa picea
An uncommon beetle found only on fungus-covered deciduous trees....
Powdered Fungus Beetle of Azores
Tarphius floresensis
A tiny beetle endemic to Flores Island in the Azores. It inhabits decaying wood in remnant laurel forests....
Protermes Inquiline Termite
Protermes prorepens
A small inquiline termite that lives within the mounds of larger fungus-growing termite species in Africa. Colonies are ...
Psyllipsocus Cave Psocid
Psyllipsocus ramburii
A pale, long-antennaed psocid adapted to dark environments like caves and cellars. It has reduced eyes and elongated sen...
Red Cotton Bug
Dysdercus koenigii
A bright red and black true bug that stains cotton lint by piercing developing cotton bolls. Adults and nymphs aggregate...
Red Earth Termite
Odontotermes formosanus
A widespread fungus-growing termite in East and Southeast Asia that is a major structural and agricultural pest. Colonie...
Red-shouldered Rove Beetle
Tachinus rufipes
A robust, medium-sized rove beetle with reddish-brown legs and a shiny dark body. It is one of the most ubiquitous Tachy...
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi
A brightly colored red and blue-green leafhopper that feeds on rhododendrons. It vectors a fungus that causes rhododendr...
Ribbed Net-winged Beetle
Platycis minutus
A small European net-winged beetle with dark reddish-brown elytra featuring strongly raised longitudinal ridges. It is f...
Rolled-wing Beetle
Derodontus maculatus
A tiny beetle that feeds on slime molds on decaying logs in cool forests....
Savanna Cubitermes
Cubitermes severus
A soil-feeding termite building characteristic mushroom-shaped mounds in West African savannas. Workers process large am...
Scarlet Net-Winged Beetle
Plateros brasiliensis
A bright red lycid beetle found in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. Its vivid coloration is part of a large mimicry...
Silken Fungus Beetle
Cryptophagus lycoperdi
A tiny beetle found inside puffball fungi and in moldy grain stores. Covered in fine silky hairs. Part of a poorly-known...
Sirex Woodwasp
Sirex noctilio
A large blue-black woodwasp that bores into pine trees to lay eggs. It injects a symbiotic fungus into the wood that fee...
Slovenian Cave Dipluran
Plusiocampa strouhali
A troglobitic dipluran found in caves of Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It has greatly elongated antennae for sensing ...
Snow Crane Fly
Chionea valga
A wingless crane fly adapted to cold environments, found walking on snow surfaces in winter. It resembles a long-legged ...
Soil-feeding Cubitermes Termite
Cubitermes fungifaber
A soil-feeding termite that builds distinctive mushroom-shaped mounds. It processes large volumes of soil to extract org...
South African Cave Cricket
Speleiacris tabulae
A cave cricket endemic to caves on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. It has reduced eyes and pale brown coloration....
South American Leafcutter Ant
Atta sexdens
One of the most widespread leafcutter ant species in South America, recognized by the three pairs of spines on its thora...
Southeast Asian Cave Springtail
Coecobrya tenebricosa
A widely distributed cave springtail found throughout Southeast Asian caves. It is completely white and eyeless....
Speonomus Cave Beetle
Speonomus pyrenaeus
A small cave beetle from the Pyrenees known for its extreme cave adaptations. It has vestigial eyes and elongated sensor...
Sphaerotermes Mushroom-comb Termite
Sphaerotermes sphaerothorax
An African fungus-growing termite with a unique fungus cultivation strategy. Unlike other fungiculturists that grow Term...
Splendid Earth-boring Beetle
Bolbocerosoma farctum
A stout rotund beetle with a polished amber-brown body. It digs deep burrows in sandy soil and is attracted to lights at...
Spotted Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus maculatus
A hump-backed wingless cricket with spotted brown coloring and very long hind legs. It is nocturnal and lives in cool da...
Stalk-Eyed Fly
Teleopsis dalmanni
Males have eyes on the tips of long rigid stalks that can span wider than their body length. Females prefer males with w...
Steppe Darkling Beetle
Blaps mortisaga
A large, slow-moving black beetle found in dry steppe and semi-desert regions from Europe to Central Asia. It is mainly ...
Stripe-Backed Leafcutter Ant
Acromyrmex striatus
A small leafcutter ant adapted to the grasslands and dry regions of southern South America. Unlike most leafcutter ants,...
Striped Ambrosia Beetle
Trypodendron lineatum
A widespread ambrosia beetle that attacks freshly felled conifers. It cultivates symbiotic fungi inside its tunnels as f...
Sunset Morpho
Morpho hecuba
The largest species in the morpho butterfly genus, with brownish-orange wings rather than the typical blue. Found in low...
Tasmanian Cave Cricket
Micropathus ditto
A recently described cave cricket from wet forests of Tasmania, Australia. It is a short-range endemic threatened by hab...
Texas Cave Silverfish
Texoreddellia texensis
A troglobitic silverfish endemic to limestone caves in central Texas. It has no eyes and a pale, elongated body....
Texas Leafcutter Ant
Atta texana
The northernmost leafcutter ant species, found in the southern United States. Nests can extend 6 meters deep and cover l...
Tooth-Necked Fungus Beetle
Bolitotherus cornutus
A heavily armored, warty brown beetle that feeds on shelf fungi on dead trees. Males have two prominent horns on the tho...
Trilobite Beetle
Duliticola hoiseni
Females are large, larviform, and look strikingly like trilobites from the Paleozoic era. Males are tiny conventional-lo...
Tropical Book Louse
Liposcelis entomophila
A cosmopolitan booklouse frequently found in insect collections and herbaria. It feeds on dead insects and dried plant s...
Turkish Cave Dipluran
Plusiocampa aff. typhla
A cave-adapted dipluran from limestone caves in Turkey. It is part of a species complex found across the eastern Mediter...
Twenty-Two Spot Ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
A tiny bright yellow ladybird with exactly 22 black spots, widespread across Europe. Unlike most ladybirds, it feeds on ...
Vegetable Caterpillar
Ophiocordyceps robertsii
The host of this relationship is the caterpillar of the native moth Aenetus virescens, parasitized by the endemic Cordyc...
Venetian Cave Springtail
Deuteraphorura venetiana
A blind white springtail recently described from caves in northeastern Italy. It has no eyes and a completely reduced ju...
Violin Beetle
Mormolyce phyllodes
An extraordinarily flat beetle shaped like a violin. Its paper-thin body allows it to squeeze between bracket fungi and ...
West African Fungus-Growing Termite
Macrotermes subhyalinus
A widespread African termite that builds large above-ground mounds and farms Termitomyces fungi. They are an important f...