Coyotes, deer, pack rats, and wild pig, rely on cacti pads or fruits for food and moisture. Brown bats drink the nectar from the cacti blossoms. C. Insects 1. Moths and bees drink nectar from the cacti blossoms. Grasshoppers, spiders, and beetles, hide in saguaro holes to escape the heat.
Ants gather cacti seeds to store and eat.
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in the holes of the cacti after they have filled with rain water. Larvae of many insects bore into the flesh of saguaros. D. Reptiles 1. Racer Snake and Gopher Snake climb the prickly saguaro spines in search of young nesting birds. Turtles and Gila monsters feed on cacti fruit.