- a variation of predacious.
predaceous
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Birds and predaceous insects often manage small populations but there may be times you decide to intercede.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Just because you’ve called something a spider once doesn’t mean that the next time you have to call it an arachnid or a predaceous eight-legged creepy-crawly.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
In nature it is kept in check by various predators such as ladybugs, a gall midge, predaceous mites and several pirate bugs, all of them extremely sensitive to insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The larval and nymphal stages are passed in the water and aquatic vegetation furnishes the food, although some species may be predaceous.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
Many of the wasps are predaceous, and destroy numerous insects to feed their larvæ.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
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