insecto-, insect-, insecti- +

(Latin: a bug; literally, "cut into," from insectum, with a notched or divided body; literally, "that which is cut up, segmented" [as the bodies of the first invertebrates to which the term was applied or appeared to be])

insectivore
1. Any of various small, principally nocturnal mammals of the order Insectivora, characteristically feeding chiefly on insects and including the shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.
2. An organism that feeds mainly on insects.

Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments.

In Queensland, Australia, pastures; for example, it is normal to have a greater total weight of Scarabaeidae larvae under the surface of the ground than of the beef cattle grazing above it.

A great many creatures depend on insects as their primary diet, and many that do not (and are thus not technically insectivores) nevertheless use insects as a protein supplement, particularly when they are breeding.

insectivorous
1. Feeding or subsisting on insects, adapted to feeding on insects.
2. An animal or plant that eats insects.

Plants that have specialized leaves or leaf parts capable of trapping and digesting insects; such as, the Venus's flytrap, the pitcher plants, and the sundews.

Two birds show us about insectivorous consumers.
These insectivorous birds are examples of insectivory consumers.
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Insectivorous bat populations adversely impacted by white-nose syndrome (WSN) and wind turbines, may be worth billions of dollars to North American agriculture.

—Quoted from "Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture"
by Justin G. Boyles, et al. in Science; April 1, 2011; page 41.
insectologer
An entomologist.
insectologist
Someone who specializes in the scientific study of insects; now usually referred to as an entomologist.
insectology
The scientific study of insects; now usually referred to as entomology.

This study often includes the study of other terrestrial arthropods; such as, spiders, scorpions, and ticks.

insectophobia (s) (noun) (no plural)
An abnormal fear of insects and similar arthropods: Jim remembered that Julie had insectophobia, also called "entomophobia", and didn't call her attention to the number of "bugs" near their bench where they were sitting, afraid that she would panic and run away!

Pointing to a page about a kleptomaniac An entomological unit of words about insects.


A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.