Question

is a dragonfly a consumer or a decomposer?

Answer 1

Answer:

No, Dragonflies and Damselflies are predators that catch and eat other insects. They don't eat plant material or detritus, except possibly accidentally when eating normally. The adults that you see are at the breeding stage of life, able to fly and mate and hunt in the air.

Answer 2

Dragonfly are consumers.

• Consumers A producer is always the first living being in a food web. These are those that produce their own food by taking energy directly from the sun (or potentially other sources such as hydrothermal vents). This means that producers are generally plants. Producers could be algae within a pond, or trees within a forest.
• What is a consumer?
• A consumer is a creature that gets its energy by feeding on either producers or other consumers. Primary consumers are those that eat producers. These would be herbivores, as these are animals that eat only plant matter. For example, cows and giraffes are primary consumers feeding on grasses or other plant matter such as the leaves of trees.
• Secondary consumers eat the primary consumers. These are animals that eat herbivores, making them carnivores if they eat only meat, or potentially omnivores, those who eat both meat and plant matter. A fox would be an example of a secondary consumer, eating rabbits, who are primary consumers eating grass.
• Tertiary consumers are those that eat the secondary consumers, making them also omnivores or carnivores. An example of this could be a polar bear, eating a seal that is a secondary consumer eating a primary consumer such as a fish.
• What is a decomposer?
• A decomposer is a living creature that breaks down dead matter. Fungi and bacteria are examples of this. Decomposers are important for providing food for producers and getting rid of waste.

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