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SA001
Attribute:
IMMAT_FUNC
code
description
Functional group unknown
A
Terrestrial: fed by adult--food provisioned for or regurgitated to the immatures, which are confined in a nest or burrow located in the habitat listed for the immature (prey species or pollen sources provided a
D
Terrestrial: detritivore--decomposers of litter material and decaying vegetable matter
Dg
Terrestrial: dung feeder
F
Aquatic: filterer (detritivore)--passively collect fine particulate organic matter
Fl
Terrestrial: flowers--feed on pollen, nectar, or floral parts
Fu
Terrestrial: fungivore--feed on fungal hyphae or spores, molds, slime molds, or other saprophytes
Ga
Aquatic: gatherer (detritivore)--actively collect fine particulate organic matter
Gl
Terrestrial: gall maker on macrophytic plants
Go
Aquatic: gougers (herb-detritivore)--chew or bore into saturated woody debris
H
Terrestrial and Aquatic: herbivore--feed on aquatic macrophytes (Aquatic), herbivore--chewers, fluid suckers, and miners of above-ground foliage, stems, and flowers of macrophytic plants (Terrestrial)
HP
Terrestrial: hyperparasite--parasite or parasitoid on another parasitic species
KP
Terrestrial: kleptoparasite--immature stage of a parasite species reared by or using provisioned stores in nest of host species without physically harming the host
Li
Terrestrial: lichen feeder
Mi
Terrestrial: microbial feeder--feeds on bacteria, protozoa, and other microbes
Ms
Terrestrial: moss feeder
nf
Terrestrial and Aquatic: nonfeeding stage
O
Terrestrial: omnivore--normally feeds on both plant and animal life
Pa
Terrestrial: parasite or parasitoid--includes external feeders on blood, fur, and feathers, as well as external or internal parasitoids that develop on or in host, usually killing it during development
Pr
Terrestrial and Aquatic: predator--feed on animals, (engulfers and piercers - Aquatic)
Rt
Terrestrial: root feeder--feed externally on or bore into roots
Sc
Aquatic: scraper (herb-detritivore)--graze on mineral and organic surfaces
Sd
Terrestrial: seed feeder-- feed on seeds or in cones
Sh
Aquatic: shredder (detritivore)--chew coarse particulate organic matter
Sp
Terrestrial: feed on plant or long exudates or fermenting fruit
Sv
Terrestrial: feed on carrion, dead insects, or other dead animals
X
Terrestrial: feed on wood or bark