The Background on Frogs. Frogs are mainly carnivores and catch prey using their tongue. Adult frogs eat insects and worms, ...

Frogs aren’t picky eaters when it comes to bugs, and the American tree frog is no different. While they may eat any insect, they do seem to have a preference.

4. Most adult anurans eat insects and other invertebrates, but some, such as the South American horned frogs, consume rodents, reptiles and other frogs.

Frogs eat mosquitos, and a lot of other insects, they think they are yummy. And frogs are eaten by fish and all sorts of birds. It’s the web of life.

While many frogs eat insects, the tree frog species Xenohyla truncata has a taste for the pulp of bulbous fruits and the nectar in the tree’s flowers. As they seek that nectar, ...

A mind-boggling number of bugs are consumed by the Zoo’s insectivores, or insect-eating animals, each week: 121,000 crickets, 150,000 mealworms and 17,000 waxworms, not including thousands of ...

Frogs eat algae and insects, helping to reduce pests. In turn, they provide food for animals like birds, snakes and fish. A frog decline can send a ripple through the ecosystem.

Gould has observed the insects perching on the nostrils of several different species of Australian tree frogs. But the mosquitoes are all from the same species, Mimomyia elegans.