Bald-faced hornet varies depending on an individual's life cycle stage and geographic location. Adult hornets are carnivorous, and will prey upon several insect types. They have been observed consuming meat, spiders, fruit and insects. Adults will also drink flower nectar which they feed to their larvae. Female Bee Moths (Aphomia sociella) have been known to lay their eggs in Bald-faced hornet nests. The hatched larvae will then proceed to feed on the eggs, larvae, and pupae left unprotected by the wasp, sometimes destroying large parts of the nest as they tunnel throughout looking for food. Each spring, queens that were born and
Black-faced woodswallow cessation of woodswallow decline.Storm-burning has produced a more open vegetation structure, which is beneficial for insect feeding and nesting by the woodswallows. Storm-burning is therefore thought to be essential for persistence of black-faced woodswallow habitat in the Cape York Peninsula. This also assists golden-shouldered parrot conservation by reducing their predation risk. Black-faced woodswallow The black-faced woodswallow ("Artamus cinereus") is a woodswallow. It is long. It is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae, living in Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor. The black-faced woodswallow is in length, and weighs . It has a blue-grey beak with