1.   The larvae feed on the young shoots of water-lilies.

2.   After hatching, the yellow-white larvae feed by tunneling into the wood.

3.   Soldier beetles mate on the flowers, but they lay their eggs underground, where the larvae feed on grasshopper and cucumber beetle eggs.

4.   The larvae then feed on mice and other small rodents.

5.   The larvae feed on microorganisms on the bottom of their watery home.

6.   The hydroids devour the small crustaceans called copepods on which fish larvae feed, depriving them of their food source.

7.   Female flies lay their eggs inside fruit, and the larvae then feed on it.

8.   Monarch larvae feed on the leaves of milkweed plants, which are often found in Midwest corn fields.

9.   The butterfly larvae feed on milkweed, which sometimes is found around corn fields.