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Diet groups species by what they mainly eat: herbivores that feed on plants, carnivores that feed on other animals, omnivores that eat both, and narrower feeding styles such as insectivores, piscivores, filter feeders, detritivores and scavengers, and parasitic species that live on or in a host. A species is placed by its own typical adult feeding behavior as described on its page, not by an occasional or unusual meal.

Parasitic
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Acanthamoeba

Parasitic

Acanthocephalan

Parasitic

Anopheles gambiae

Parasitic

Argas Persicus

Parasitic

Armillaria ostoyae

Parasitic

Artist's Conk

Parasitic

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Parasitic

Assassin Bug

Parasitic

Babesia

Parasitic

Balantidium Coli

Parasitic

Beauveria

Parasitic

Bed Bug

Parasitic

Beefsteak Fungus

Parasitic

Birch Polypore

Parasitic

Black Fly

Parasitic

Black Knot Fungus

Parasitic

Blacklegged Tick

Parasitic

Blastomyces

Parasitic

Blister Beetle

Parasitic

Braconid Wasp

Parasitic

Brown Dog Tick

Parasitic

Candida

Parasitic

Capillaria aerophila

Parasitic

Castor Bean Tick

Parasitic

Caterpillar Fungus

Parasitic

Cauliflower Fungus

Parasitic

Chaga

Parasitic

Chestnut Blight Fungus

Parasitic

Chicken of the Woods

Parasitic

Chigger

Parasitic

Chytrid Fungus

Parasitic

Claviceps Purpurea

Parasitic

Coccidioides

Parasitic

Compass Jellyfish

Parasitic

Copepod

Parasitic

Cordyceps

Parasitic

Cordyceps Militaris

Parasitic

Corn Smut

Parasitic

Crab Hacker Barnacle

Parasitic

Cryptococcus

Parasitic

Cryptosporidium

Parasitic

Cryptosporidium Parvum

Parasitic

Cyclospora

Parasitic

Cymothoa exigua

Parasitic

Dasymutilla Occidentalis

Parasitic

Dicrocoelium dendriticum

Parasitic

Dutch Elm Disease Fungus

Parasitic

Earwig

Parasitic

Entamoeba Histolytica

Parasitic

Ergot

Parasitic

Fish Louse

Parasitic

Flatworm

Parasitic

Flea

Parasitic

Fly-killing Fungus (Entomophthora muscae)

Parasitic

Giardia

Parasitic

Giardia Lamblia

Parasitic

Great Pond Snail

Parasitic

Gulf Coast Tick

Parasitic

Hen of the Woods

Parasitic

Hirudo Medicinalis

Parasitic

Histoplasma

Parasitic

Honey Fungus

Parasitic

Horse Fly

Parasitic

Horsehair Worm

Parasitic

Huon Pine

Parasitic

Hydnora Africana

Parasitic

Ichneumon Wasp

Parasitic

Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis

Parasitic

Ixodes ricinus

Parasitic

King Trumpet Mushroom

Parasitic

Kissing Bug

Parasitic

Leishmania

Parasitic

Leishmania Donovani

Parasitic

Lettuce

Parasitic

Lone Star Tick

Parasitic

Luna Moth

Parasitic

Mantidfly

Parasitic

Medicinal Leech

Parasitic

Metarhizium

Parasitic

Metarhizium anisopliae

Parasitic

Microsporum canis

Parasitic

Mite

Parasitic

Monterey Pine

Parasitic

Mosquito

Parasitic

Nuytsia floribunda

Parasitic

Opisthorchis viverrini

Parasitic

Panama Disease Fungus

Parasitic

Pea Crab

Parasitic

Petromyzon Marinus

Parasitic

Phytophthora Ramorum

Parasitic

Plasmodium

Parasitic

Plasmodium Falciparum

Parasitic

Plasmodium Vivax

Parasitic

Pneumocystis

Parasitic

Pork Tapeworm

Parasitic

Powdery Mildew

Parasitic

Precious Wentletrap

Parasitic

Puccinia recondita

Parasitic

Quassia amara

Parasitic

Rafflesia

Parasitic

Rafflesia Arnoldii

Parasitic

Redback Spider

Parasitic

Reishi

Parasitic

Rice Blast Fungus

Parasitic

Rotifer

Parasitic

Roundworm

Parasitic

Rust Fungus

Parasitic

Salmon Louse

Parasitic

Scabies Mite

Parasitic

Schindleria brevipinguis

Parasitic

Screwworm Fly

Parasitic

Sea Lamprey

Parasitic

Smut Fungus

Parasitic

Spiky Bog-moss

Parasitic

Synchytrium endobioticum

Parasitic

Take-all Fungus

Parasitic

Tarantula Hawk

Parasitic

Thick-billed cuckoo

Parasitic

Threespine Stickleback

Parasitic

Three-spined Stickleback

Parasitic

Tick

Parasitic

Tinder Fungus

Parasitic

Tongue-eating Louse

Parasitic

Toxocara canis

Parasitic

Toxoplasma

Parasitic

Toxoplasma Gondii

Parasitic

Tremella mesenterica

Parasitic

Triatoma infestans

Parasitic

Trichinella Spiralis

Parasitic

Trichoderma

Parasitic

Trichomonas Vaginalis

Parasitic

Trypanosoma

Parasitic

Trypanosoma Brucei

Parasitic

Trypanosoma Cruzi

Parasitic

Tsetse Fly

Parasitic

Twisted-wing Parasite

Parasitic

Vampire Bat

Parasitic

Varroa destructor

Parasitic

Varroa Mite

Parasitic

Velvet Mite

Parasitic

Verticillium Wilt Fungus

Parasitic

Whale Louse

Parasitic

Wheat Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis)

Parasitic

White-nose Syndrome Fungus

Parasitic

Witches' Broom Fungus (Moniliophthora perniciosa)

Parasitic

Witch's Butter

Parasitic

Wood Ear

Parasitic

Wood Tick

Parasitic

Wuchereria Bancrofti

Parasitic

Zombie-ant Fungus

Parasitic
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Sources
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceContains: Polar BearView the Source
Lion (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteContains: African LionView the Source
Beaver (Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, National Park Service)
National Park ServiceContains: BeaverView the Source
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