Definition of Saprophagous. Meaning of Saprophagous. Synonyms of Saprophagous

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Definition of Saprophagous

Saprophagous
Saprophagous Sa*proph"a*gous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Feeding on carrion.

Meaning of Saprophagous from wikipedia

- Look up saprotroph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprəˈtrɒfɪk, -proʊ-/ or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic...
- level diversity of the Diptera, the true flies. Most muscoid flies are saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous as larvae, but some species are parasitic...
- Symphylella has been shown to be predominantly predatory, and some species are saprophagous. Symphyla are small, cryptic myriapods without eyes and without pigment...
- countryside and outlying islands of Hong Kong. They are a beneficial saprophagous species (detritivores). The larvae are C–shaped and have a firm, wrinkled...
- not pests there. Click beetle larvae, called wireworms, are usually saprophagous, living on dead organisms, but some species are serious agricultural...
- species are not synanthropic. Adults can be predatory, hematophagous, saprophagous, or feed on a number of types of plant and animal exudates. They can...
- common starlings include the louse-fly Omithomya nigricornis and the saprophagous fly Carnus hemapterus. The latter species breaks off the feathers of...
- coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in...
- aquatic plants (including cultivated rice), others are algal grazers or saprophagous. Larvae of Trimerina are predatory. Some species are an important food...
- have never been seen. The adults have been suggested to probably be saprophagous, though they have never been observed feeding. The fossil record of the...