Seed Feeders
112 species with this diet
African Cotton Stainer
Dysdercus fasciatus
A vividly red and black pyrrhocorid bug that is a significant pest of cotton across tropical Africa. It aggregates in la...
African Stink Ant
Paltothyreus tarsatus
A very large black ponerine ant that releases a foul-smelling secretion when disturbed. It is one of Africa's most consp...
Alpine Plant Bug
Lygus punctatus
A small, variable plant bug found on alpine flowers and herbs. It feeds on plant sap and developing seeds....
Arctic Seed Bug
Nysius groenlandicus
A small, elongate grayish-brown seed bug with a narrow body and prominent eyes. It feeds on seeds and plant sap in Arcti...
Australian Bull Ant
Myrmecia pyriformis
A large aggressive ant with excellent vision and a powerful venomous sting, capable of jumping toward intruders. It has ...
Bean Weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
A small, mottled grayish-brown beetle with a compact, somewhat wedge-shaped body. It is a major stored-product pest that...
Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae
A small, oval brown seed bug that feeds on birch and alder catkins. It is very common in northern Europe and can form la...
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
A dull brown moth whose soil-dwelling caterpillars sever young seedlings at ground level during the night. It is a cosmo...
Black Field Cricket
Teleogryllus commodus
A common black cricket whose chirping song is a familiar sound of Australian summer nights. It is widespread across Aust...
Black Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis richteri
A dark-colored fire ant native to South America that has established populations in the southeastern United States. They...
Broad Bean Weevil
Bruchus rufimanus
A compact, dark beetle with grayish pubescence and reddish-brown antennae bases. It is a significant pest of faba beans ...
Cabbage Seed Weevil
Ceutorhynchus obstrictus
A small grey weevil that is a major pest of oilseed rape. Larvae feed inside seed pods, consuming developing seeds. Caus...
California Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex californicus
A small harvester ant found in hot deserts of the American Southwest. Colonies are often founded by groups of cooperatin...
Cereal Leaf Beetle
Oulema melanopus
A small beetle with metallic blue-black elytra and a red-orange thorax. Its larvae strip the upper leaf surface of cerea...
Cinnamon Bug
Corizus hyoscyami
A bright red-and-black scentless plant bug that mimics fire bugs and other aposematic insects. Despite its warning color...
Clock Ground Beetle
Amara aenea
A small, bronze-colored ground beetle extremely common across the Palearctic region. It is a mixed feeder consuming both...
Clover Seed Weevil
Tychius picirostris
A small, densely scaled weevil that feeds on clover seeds. Larvae develop inside individual seed pods. An important pest...
Common Cone-head
Conocephalus fuscus
A small slender katydid with a pointed head and brown body. It lives low in tall grasses near wetlands. Its song is a fa...
Cone Ant
Dorymyrmex insanus
A fast-moving reddish-brown ant that builds distinctive cone-shaped crater nests in sandy soil. It is a common competito...
Cone-headed Katydid
Neoconocephalus ensiger
A long, slender katydid with a distinctive pointed cone on the top of its head. It hides among tall grasses and reeds, w...
Confused Flour Beetle
Tribolium confusum
A small reddish-brown beetle nearly identical to the red flour beetle, hence the 'confused' name. It is a worldwide pest...
Coreid Bug
Thasus neocalifornicus
One of the largest leaf-footed bugs in North America with vivid nymph coloration....
Corsican Seed-Harvesting Ant
Messor wasmanni
A large dark harvester ant found in the western Mediterranean region. Major workers have broad heads for seed processing...
Cotton Stainer Bug
Dysdercus suturellus
A red and black bug that stains cotton bolls by introducing fungal spores while feeding....
Cowpea Weevil
Callosobruchus maculatus
A small, reddish-brown to dark beetle with mottled elytra and a prominent pygidium bearing two dark spots. It is one of ...
Desert Seed Bug
Melacoryphus lateralis
A small red and black seed bug found in arid habitats across western North America. It feeds on seeds of desert wildflow...
Dune Rove Beetle
Bledius furcatus
A small, burrowing oxytelline rove beetle specialized for life in coastal sand dunes. Males have distinctive forked proj...
Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus
A small seed bug native to southern Europe that has become an invasive nuisance pest in the northwestern United States. ...
Elongate Springtail
Entomobrya nivalis
A slender, colorful springtail with variable banding patterns found on tree bark. It is one of the most common European ...
Ethiopian Cockroach
Deropeltis erythrocephala
A striking cockroach with a bright reddish-orange head contrasting with its black body. It is native to East Africa....
European Chinch Bug
Ischnodemus sabuleti
A small, elongate seed bug that feeds on rushes and grasses in wetland habitats across Europe. It has both winged and wi...
European Fire Ant
Myrmica rubra
A small reddish ant capable of delivering a noticeable sting, common across European meadows. It has recently invaded pa...
European Grain Weevil
Sitophilus granarius
A small, dark brown, flightless weevil that infests stored grain. It has been a pest since ancient civilizations first s...
Fall Field Cricket
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
A common North American black field cricket whose chirping is the quintessential sound of autumn. Adults appear in late ...
Field Cricket
Gryllus campestris
Males produce their characteristic chirping song by rubbing their wings together (stridulation). The rate of chirping is...
Fierce Big-Headed Ant
Pheidole fervens
A widespread tropical ant and minor invasive species with clearly dimorphic workers. Majors have disproportionately larg...
Glacier Springtail
Isotoma saltans
A tiny, elongate springtail adapted to life on glaciers and permanent snowfields. It is dark-pigmented to absorb solar r...
Great Green Bush-Cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
One of the largest katydids in Europe, with a bright green body and long wings. Males produce a loud, sustained stridula...
Green-head Ant
Rhytidoponera metallica
A common Australian ant with an iridescent metallic green or purple sheen on its head and body. It is one of the most fr...
Grey Bush-Cricket
Platycleis albopunctata
A cryptic grey-brown bush-cricket of dry coastal grasslands and chalky hillsides in Europe. It sings a brief, staccato b...
Harvester Ant
Messor barbarus
A large, polymorphic harvester ant with impressive major workers that have broad heads for seed crushing. Workers form l...
Hawaiian Big-headed Ant
Pheidole megacephala
An invasive ant now widespread in Hawaii with a disproportionately large head in the soldier caste. It displaces native ...
Horn-headed Rove Beetle
Bledius tricornis
A small rove beetle in which males bear three horn-like projections on the head, used in combat for burrow ownership. It...
House Cricket
Acheta domesticus
A light brown cricket commonly found in and around human dwellings. It is widely farmed as a protein source and as feede...
Jamaican Field Cricket
Gryllus assimilis
A robust field cricket common throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean. Males produce loud chirping songs at night to attrac...
Japanese Subsocial Shield Bug
Parastrachia japonensis
A subsocial shield bug where mothers carry drupes of a specific tree to their underground nests to feed their nymphs. Th...
Kauri Moth
Agathiphaga vitiensis
An extremely primitive moth considered a living fossil, with larvae that feed inside the seeds of kauri pine trees. It r...
Khapra Beetle
Trogoderma granarium
A small, oval, hairy beetle considered one of the world's most destructive stored-product pests. Larvae can enter dorman...
Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
A medium to large brown bug with a distinctive white zigzag band across the wings and flattened, leaf-like expansions on...
Lesser Grain Borer
Rhyzopertha dominica
A cylindrical dark brown beetle that bores into whole grain kernels, reducing them to powder. It is especially destructi...
Lobster Cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
A small to medium cockroach with mottled grey-brown coloring that is widely used in scientific research and as feeder in...
Long-horned Grasshopper
Ruspolia nitidula
A cone-headed katydid with an elongated fastigium and long antennae. It can be green or brown. It is a popular edible in...
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
A small pale violet-blue butterfly with thin hairlike tails on the hindwings and prominent false eyespots near them. It ...
Long-winged Conehead
Conocephalus discolor
A slim green bush-cricket with a pointed head that has dramatically expanded its range northward in Britain. Produces a ...
Maize Weevil
Sitophilus zeamais
A small dark brown weevil with four reddish spots on its elytra. It is one of the most destructive stored grain pests wo...
Malagasy Rover Ant
Tetramorium kelleri
A small, dark brown ant with rugose sculpture on the head and thorax. It is part of a massive endemic radiation of Tetra...
Marauder Ant
Carebara diversa
An Asian ant with the greatest size variation of any ant species, with major workers 500 times heavier than minor worker...
Maricopa Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Produces the most toxic insect venom known — with an LD50 of 0.12 mg/kg in mice. Just 12 stings can deliver a lethal dos...
Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus brevipennis
A small short-winged katydid found in moist meadows and bog margins....
Meal Moth
Pyralis farinalis
A distinctive moth with olive and reddish-brown banded wings that infests stored grain and flour. Larvae live in silken ...
Mealworm Beetle
Tenebrio molitor
A dull black-brown darkling beetle best known for its larval form, the mealworm. It is commercially raised worldwide as ...
Mediterranean Flour Moth
Ephestia kuehniella
A major pest of flour mills that produces dense silken webbing that clogs milling machinery. It is pale grey with zigzag...
Mediterranean Harvester Ant
Messor capitatus
A large dark brown harvester ant common in southern Europe and North Africa. Major workers have distinctly enlarged head...
Mercury Islands Tusked Weta
Motuweta isolata
One of New Zealands rarest insects, found only on Middle Mercury Island. Males have curved tusks on their mandibles used...
Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
A medium-sized bug with bold orange-red and black warning coloration. It feeds on milkweed seeds and sequesters toxic ca...
Mountain Seed Bug
Nysius helveticus
A small seed bug found in alpine and subalpine grasslands across Europe. It feeds on seeds and sap of various mountain p...
Namib Tenebrionid Beetle
Onymacris plana
A fast-running diurnal beetle of the Namib sand sea. It is one of the few desert insects active during peak midday heat....
Narrow-Headed Harvester Ant
Pheidole pallidula
A dimorphic Mediterranean ant with small minor workers and large-headed majors adapted for seed milling. Colonies build ...
Neotropical Cotton Stainer
Dysdercus peruvianus
A bright red and black seed bug that feeds on cotton bolls and malvaceous plants. Its feeding stains cotton fibers, redu...
Neotropical Green Stink Bug
Nezara viridula
A bright green shield bug with a wide, flat body and triangular scutellum. It is one of the most destructive agricultura...
Nettle Pug
Eupithecia venosata
A small pug moth associated with bladder campion, not nettles despite its name. Larvae feed inside the inflated seed cap...
Parent Bug
Elasmucha grisea
A birch-feeding shieldbug remarkable for its extended maternal care behavior. Females stand guard over their egg cluster...
Pavement Ant
Tetramorium caespitum
A common urban ant that nests under sidewalks, driveways, and building foundations. They are well known for their specta...
Pink Bollworm
Pectinophora gossypiella
A small dark moth whose pink-tinged larvae bore into cotton bolls and damage the fibers and seeds. It has been one of th...
Red Flour Beetle
Tribolium castaneum
A small, reddish-brown beetle that is one of the most important stored-grain pests worldwide. It is also a key model org...
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
An aggressive, reddish-brown ant with a painful burning sting. Originally from South America, it has become one of the m...
Red Pumpkin Beetle
Aulacophora foveicollis
A uniformly bright orange-red beetle with fine punctures on the pronotum and smooth elytra. It is a highly destructive p...
Rice Stink Bug
Oebalus pugnax
A slender, straw-colored stink bug that is the most damaging hemipteran pest of rice in the Americas. It feeds on develo...
Rice Weevil
Sitophilus oryzae
A small reddish-brown weevil that is one of the most destructive stored grain pests worldwide. Adults bore into kernels ...
Roesel's Bush-cricket
Roeseliana roeselii
A stocky bush-cricket with a distinctive pale border along the pronotum. Its song is a continuous high-pitched buzz. Mac...
Rough Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
A dark-colored harvester ant with a rough, sculptured body found in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. Colonies maintai...
Saw-toothed Grain Beetle
Oryzaephilus surinamensis
A slender brown beetle with six tooth-like projections on each side of the thorax. It is a cosmopolitan pest of processe...
Scentless Plant Bug
Jadera haematoloma
A red-eyed black and red bug that forms enormous aggregations on golden rain trees and other soapberry family plants. De...
Schaufuss's Rover Ant
Tetramorium schaufussii
A small ant with coarsely sculptured integument and short propodeal spines. It belongs to a species group that is entire...
Scudderia Katydid
Scudderia furcata
A slender, bright green fork-tailed bush katydid common in meadows and gardens. Its forked subgenital plate is a key ide...
Slender Ant
Myrmica scabrinodis
A medium-sized red-brown ant with coarsely sculptured cuticle, common in grasslands across Europe. Colonies are typicall...
Sloe Bug
Dolycoris baccarum
A medium-sized, purplish-brown shield bug with distinctive black and white banded antennae and a hairy body. It is commo...
South American Brown Stink Bug
Euschistus heros
A dull brown shield bug and the most economically damaging stink bug in Brazilian soybean agriculture. It feeds on devel...
South American Fire Ant
Solenopsis saevissima
An aggressive reddish-brown fire ant native to South America with a painful venomous sting. Colonies form conspicuous mo...
South American Grain Stem Sawfly
Cephus fumipennis
A slender black stem sawfly with smoky wings and yellow abdominal bands. It attacks cereal grain stems in parts of Europ...
South American Leaf-Footed Bug
Leptoglossus zonatus
A brown coreid bug with expanded leaf-like hind tibiae and a pale zigzag band across the forewings. It is a significant ...
Spine-waisted Ant
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
A slender reddish-brown ant common in eastern North American deciduous forests. It is an important seed disperser, carry...
Spring Field Cricket
Gryllus veletis
A black field cricket that overwinters as a late-instar nymph and matures in spring. Its early-season singing distinguis...
Striped Seedcorn Beetle
Agonoderus lecontei
A small, pale brown ground beetle with darker stripes on its elytra. It is sometimes a minor pest of germinating corn an...
Sycamore Seed Bug
Belonochilus numenius
A seed bug native to North America that feeds exclusively on sycamore seeds. It has recently invaded Europe where it spr...
Thatching Ant
Formica obscuripes
A mound-building ant of western North America that constructs large thatched nests from plant debris. Workers are bicolo...
Three-punctured Ground Beetle
Harpalus affinis
A common medium-sized metallic green or bronze ground beetle with distinctive punctures on its elytra. It is abundant in...
Toadflax Seed Weevil
Gymnetron antirrhini
A small dark weevil that develops inside the seed capsules of toadflax and snapdragon plants. Larvae consume developing ...
Trap-Jaw Ant
Odontomachus bauri
Has the fastest-closing jaws in the animal kingdom — mandibles snap shut at 64 m/s (230 km/h) with force 300 times the a...
Tropical Fire Ant
Solenopsis geminata
A pantropical fire ant with large-headed major workers specialized for seed milling. It is one of the oldest known invas...
Turnip Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta nemorum
A small, shiny black beetle with a broad yellow longitudinal stripe on each elytron. It is a significant pest of turnips...
Two-Spotted Cricket
Gryllus bimaculatus
A large black cricket with two distinctive pale spots at the base of the forewings. It is widely used as a model organis...
Variegated Cutworm
Peridroma saucia
A mottled brown moth whose plump soil-dwelling caterpillars cut through stems of seedlings at ground level. It attacks a...
Warehouse Beetle
Trogoderma variabile
A stored product beetle closely related to the khapra beetle that infests grain, cereals, and dried foods. Its hairy lar...
Wart-biting Bush-Cricket
Decticus albifrons
A large, pale bush-cricket of Mediterranean scrublands and dry grasslands with powerful mandibles. It is a close relativ...
Water Spinach Flea Beetle
Chaetocnema basalis
A tiny, shiny dark bronze to black flea beetle that is a significant pest of rice seedlings and water spinach across tro...
Water Springtail
Podura aquatica
A distinctive dark-colored springtail found on the surface of still freshwater. It is the only species in its family and...
Western Boxelder Bug
Boisea rubrolineata
A red and black bug very similar to the eastern boxelder bug but found in western North America. It forms large overwint...
White Clover Weevil
Protapion fulvipes
A minute black weevil with pale legs that feeds on white clover flower heads. Extremely common in pastures. Larvae consu...
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
A small dark butterfly with a distinctive W-shaped white line on the hindwing underside. Breeds on elm....
White-shouldered House Moth
Endrosis sarcitrella
A small greyish moth with a conspicuous white head and thorax that is common in buildings year-round. It is found worldw...
Winnow Ant
Aphaenogaster senilis
A large, dark Mediterranean ant that is an important seed disperser in scrubland ecosystems. Workers carry seeds with at...