Gila woodpeckers and gilded flickers are saguaros superintendents. They keep the cacti pest free and build and tend to all the apartments above fourteen feet high. Apartments are 20 to 25 degrees cooler than the outside air during the day. B. Animals 1. 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.