Predators

Each insect predator can attack a range of species and several life stages, such as nymphs and adults.

Generally, both immature and adult predators attack their prey, consuming a considerable number of prey to complete their life cycle.

Some of these predators, such as the water bug, live on the surface of the water in the rice field, preying on pest insects that fall from the crop.  Other predators actively seek out their prey on the crop surface.