Necrophages are olophages that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead animal biomass.[1] The term derives from Greek nekros, meaning 'dead', and phagein, meaning 'to eat'.
In popular culture
The Witcher series, where 'necrophages' is a broad group of monsters that feed on corpses.
Endless Legend, featuring the Necrophage faction, an insectoid species that both feed on corpses and inject living creatures with eggs that hatch upon death, consuming the corpse in the process.
^Getz, W. (2011). Biomass transformation webs provide a unified approach to consumer–resource modelling. Ecology Letters, doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01566.x.
