Explain the position of your species in the food web.
The wood turtle is a secondary consumer. This is because the turtle's eats earthworms, slugs, leeches, snails and other insects. This shows that because the insects and slugs, leeches eat are primary consumers, which eat the energy from the plants! This is the type of position the Wood turtle is in is Secondary Consumers. Describe the impact if your organism no longer existed.
If my organism no longer existed there would probably be more food left over. More birds and owls would be looking for food. Many insects would be left over...there would be to many of them. The wood turtle helps eat the food for energy but also helps the ecosystem so there would not be as many primary consumers.
Explain what you're organisms relies upon for food.
My organism relies upon earthworms, slugs (the juices), the leeches and snails, various insects, alder, willow and birch trees. Off of specific trees, Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries (many berries) are hanging from these trees. Lastly, the wood turtle eats corn right off the cob. Much of the time, the turtle is in streams warm with little sunlight and shaded areas, blueberries and cranberries are most likely to fall in the stream. Insects may get pushed in or carried away by a current. Wood turtle have ways of finding food and that's pretty much how they rely upon it. Wood turtles also don't need to try hard, for example, a deer needs to hunt for food as for a turtle...it's not hard finding food because there will usually always be a tree around them producing or insect along the sides of the stream...some worms will be under water but also along the sides underground----there-you will find MANY worms. Is the lack of food the reason your species is endangered?
No, the habitat and destruction is the reason our species is endangered.
Is the lack of food the reason your species is endangered? Wood turtles may be found throughout Connecticut, but they have become increasingly rare due to their complex habitat needs. Wood turtles also have become more scarce in cities, not suitable for their environment.