What are the natural enemies of bamboo insects?

Stick insects are mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. They inhabit high mountains, dense forests and complex habitats. They have typical mimicry and protective colors. They are similar to their habitat and are not easy to be discovered by enemies. Stick insects are very similar to twigs of trees, while leaf mites are very similar to leaves of trees. They usually live in grass or trees and feed on leaves. Let's take a look at what natural enemies stick insects have!

green Hornet

Green bees, also known as cuckoo bees, red tail bees, etc., are mostly distributed in parts of North China. The way of laying eggs is strange. Qingfeng lays its eggs in the nest of bees and wasps or on the skin of other larvae. After hatching, the larvae usually eat the food in the hive and even eat the small larvae of bees and wasps. Scientists call this phenomenon "nesting eggs."

Crows

Crows are birds belonging to the genus Crow, Passeriformes, family Crow. They are omnivorous, many species like to eat carrion, and have certain harm to seedlings and grains. But in breeding period basically feed on small-sized vertebrate, locust, mole cricket, goldenshell and moth kind larva, beneficial to farming. In addition, due to its love of scavenging and pecking agricultural waste, it can eliminate environmental pollution such as animal carcasses and play a role in purifying the environment.

Capuchin

Curled-tail birds inhabit tropical broad-leaved rain forests in mountainous areas. They live in open grasslands, open river banks in valleys or wet swamps. They mainly feed on insects such as locusts and grasshoppers, as well as flowers and berries of plants. It often stays at the top of isolated trees for a long time, sometimes flying suddenly to catch insects flying in the air, or flying through dense trees.

ant

Ant is a kind of insect, there are many kinds, there are more than 11700 kinds known in the world, and there are more than 600 kinds of ant species identified in China. The life span is very long, worker ants can live for a few weeks to 3~10 years, queen ants can live for several years or even ten years, an ant nest can grow for several years or even ten years in one place, it should be noted that termites do not belong to ants.

Spider

Spiders are the most abundant predatory animals in the terrestrial ecosystem. They are the general name of all species of arachnida in arthropod phylum. They are distributed all over the world except Antarctica. They play an important role in maintaining the stability of agricultural and forestry ecosystems. They mostly feed on insects, other spiders and polypods. Some spiders also feed on small animals.

Mantis

Mantis is a terrestrial predatory insect (carnivorous), which is widely distributed all over the world except polar regions, especially in tropical areas. All small species of insects can be preyed on by mantis, especially flies, mosquitoes and locusts. The eggs, larvae, naked pupae and adults of butterflies are suitable prey, and even large insects such as cicadas and migratory locusts are their prey.

Tree-lizard

The chameleon is a reptile belonging to the genus Tree Lizard of the iguana family. It inhabits tropical and subtropical areas and is common in forests, hillside grass, cemeteries, rivers, roadsides, grass or tree trunks near houses. It has strong adaptability and is not affected by human activities. Its survival altitude range is 80 to 2000 meters. It mainly consists of insects and small vertebrates, including rodents and other lizards.