Most carnivores are generalists, meaning that they feed on a wide variety of species. The most common (in Virginia) are listed here.

Carnivorous insects (insects that eat other insects)

Praying mantis

Assassin bug

Lady bug (a beetle)

Spiders (all spiders are carnivorous and eat insects)

Carnivorous birds (take more than 90% of their diet from the animal kingdom)

Carolina wren (eats insects)

Phoebe (insects)

Swallows (insects)

Flycatchers (insects)

Warblers-most species (insects)

Kinglets (insects)

Killdeer (insects)

Birds of Prey- hawks and owls (birds and small mammals)

Turkey and black vultures (dead animals)

Carnivorous reptiles

Gray tree frog (eats insects)

Rough green snake (insects)

Fence lizard (insects)

5-lined skink (insects)

Black rat snake (bird eggs, nestlings and small mammals)

Carnivorous mammals

House cat (eats birds and small mammals)