Preposition: of

• aphid: These all make good predators of aphids and other insects that would damage garden plants.

• pest: The green lacewing is an important predator of the insect pests of maize.

Converse of object

• deter: This pungent odor would normally serve to deter potentially, predators.

• evade: Small bodied species, like roe deer, may evade predators more by concealment.

• confuse: The mass dive helps to confuse predators who may be lurking nearby.

Adjective modifier

• voracious: They are voracious predators which the water vole has not evolved to cope with.

• ferocious: I to heavy armor protected it from the most ferocious predators.

• mammalian: All would be vulnerable to mammalian predators ( Ryan & Glass, 2001 ).

• fearsome: Investigate their social lives and how they defended themselves against those fearsome predators.

• carnivorous: The vast majority of arachnids are carnivorous, active predators.

• nocturnal: Moorish Idols change to a darker color at night, to reduce their chances of being spotted by nocturnal predators.

Modifies a noun

• drone: Iraqi gunners have shot down unmanned Predator spy drones.

• fishing: All aspects of predator fishing are covered from lure to dead bait, from bank to boat.

• angler: Old Bury Hill Lake - Boats A busier week for the boats with a lot of predator anglers taking to the water.

• prey: A talk which looks at population dynamics, predator prey relationships and factors ( biotic and abiotic ) affecting animal populations.

• avoidance: Transient movements last milliseconds and are typically used for catching prey or predator avoidance.

Noun used with modifier

• generalist: There is some evidence that they are quite heavily predated by spiders and other generalist predators.

• aphid: This is partly because of the presence of Cornish hedges and hedge bottoms which provide a habitat for natural aphid predators such as ladybirds.

• apex: Sitting on top of this web is the great white shark, unchallenged apex predator of the South African seas.

• insect: Research is being done on the possibility of introducing European insect predators in order to control the growing invasion.