Answer to Question #230361 in Zoology for DDX

Question

Name and describe the four functional classes of predators.

Answer 1

Functional classification of predators:

1. True predators:

– kill and consume prey immediately; kill many prey.

– like lions and seed-eating beetles.

2. Grazers:

– attack many "prey"; rarely lethal; only partially consume.

– like sheep and mosquitoes.

3. Parasites:

– attack few or single "prey"; rarely lethal; only partially consume.

– micro & macroparasites - measles, tapeworms, gall wasps & aphids.

4. Parasitoids:

– attack single "prey", always lethal, complete consumption