The animal that eats the primary consumer is called a secondary consumer.

The animal that eats the secondary consumer is called a third order consumer and so on to fourth, fifth, etc.

A few species of Lepidoptera are secondary consumers, or predators.

Level 3: Carnivores which eat herbivores are called secondary consumers.

Animals that feed on primary consumers-carnivores-are secondary consumers.

Since humans consume fish rather than phytoplankton, we are at best a secondary consumer, and lead poisoning from fish in contaminated lakes becomes likely.

Omnivores, who feed on both plants and animals, can also be considered a secondary consumer.

This means they really belong to the third trophic level, secondary consumers, along with the forage fish.

A carnivore may eat both secondary and tertiary consumers, and its prey may itself be difficult to classify for similar reasons.

It is one of the top ten most abundant secondary consumers in the system and the most important predator of commercially important prawn species.