In this food web, why is there an arrow going from the American alligator to the bass? An infographic shows the food web of Everglades. The infographic shows producers like bladderwort, saw grass, and periphyton (algae) consumed by the primary consumers like insects, Florida redbelly turtles, apple snails, and grass shrimps which are further consumed by the secondary consumers like bluegill, raccoons, wood storks, limpkins, snail kites, and frogs. The secondary consumers are eaten by tertiary consumers like bass, and gars, which are consumed by quaternary consumers like the American alligator. Arrows point from the producers to the consumers. Text in the infographic reads, arrows in the food web point toward the eater and away from the eaten. because bass eat alligators because bass spread disease to alligators because alligators eat bass because bass eat alligator feces