| Generally speaking, the carnivorous insects, whether thalerophagous or saprophagous, are of this description. |
| The larvae are believed to be saprophagous and three Palaearctic species are associated with the mycelium of wood-growing fungi. |
| Immature stages and breeding sites of some Neotropical saprophagous syrphids. |
| Depending on what an organism eats, it is described as being either phytophagous, zoophagous or saprophagous. |
| It is known that insects both of a creophagous and saprophagous nature, gradually diminish in relative numbers from the poles to the equator. |
| Even many of the saprophagous insects will sip nectar from these flowers. |
