Bug Menu
Following is a list of some common North American
birds,
and the insects, worms, spiders, and other equally
"icky"
creatures that they eat...
|
Favorite Birds |
"Icky" Creatures |
|
American Robin... |
Earthworms, beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, termites... |
|
Bluebird - Eastern... |
Beetles, grasshoppers, crickets |
|
Bluebird - Mountain... |
Weevils, beetles |
|
Bluebird - Western... |
Grasshoppers, crickets, beetles |
|
Blackbird - Red Winged... |
Moths,
beetles, grubs, grasshoppers, caterpillars, spiders |
|
Blue Jay... |
Tent
caterpillars, beetles, spiders, grasshoppers... |
|
Bunting - Indigo... |
Aphids, mosquitoes, beetles, weevils, grasshoppers,
cicadas... |
|
Cardinal - Northern... |
Leafhoppers, termites, crickets, aphids, grasshoppers,
spiders, caterpillars, beetles, scale |
|
Chickadee... |
Spiders, a few moths and their larvae, caterpillars |
|
Grackle... |
Grubs,
cicadas, grasshoppers, weevils, beetles, ants, flies... |
|
Grosbeak - Black Headed... |
Beetles, scale, wasps, flies, grasshoppers, bees,
spiders... |
|
Grosbeak - Rose Breasted... |
Tent
caterpillars, gypsy moth caterpillars, grasshoppers,
beetles... |
|
Hummingbird... |
Small
spiders, aphids, fruit flies, gnats... |
|
Junco... |
Spiders, beetles, tent caterpillars, gypsy moth
caterpillars, grasshoppers |
|
Purple Martin... |
Wasps,
flies, mosquitoes, gnats |
|
Oriole - Northern... |
Caterpillars |
|
Oriole - Orchard... |
Grasshoppers, crickets, caterpillars, ants, beetles |
|
Sparrow - Chipping... |
Wasps,
army worms, ants, beetles, cutworms, grasshoppers |
|
Sparrow - White Crowned... |
Mosquitoes, spiders, caterpillars, beetles, flies |
|
Sparrow - White Throated... |
Ants,
flies, beetles |
|
Titmouse - Plain... |
Aphids, leafhoppers, scale... |
|
Titmouse - Tufted... |
Caterpillars |
|
Woodpecker - Downy... |
Weevils, beetles, moths, wood borers, carpenter ants,
cicadas... |
|
Woodpecker - Hairy... |
Wood
borer (and other) larvae |
|
Woodpecker - Pileated... |
Carpenter ants, wood borers... |
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