Which are the primary consumers in the food web (figure 6)? Responses Carrots, trees, corn and shrubs, because they produce their own food. Carrots, trees, corn and shrubs, because they produce their own food. Mouse, rabbit, deer and grasshopper, because they all eat plants. Mouse, rabbit, deer and grasshopper, because they all eat plants. Shrub, grasshoppers, shrew and hawk, because they create a food chain. Shrub, grasshoppers, shrew and hawk, because they create a food chain. Wolf and hawk, because they are only meat eaters.