FIRST DETAILED REPORT OF PREDATION ON ANURAN METAMORPHS BY TERRESTRIAL BEETLE LARVAE
ELDAD ELRON, ALEX SHLAGMAN, AVITAL GASITH
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel

Photographs: Alex Shlagman

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Third instar Epomis dejeani larva (dorsal view, 18 mm).

Third instar Epomis dejeani larva (18 mm) sucking Bufo viridis metamorph (33.6 mm, 3.8 g), upper left side.

Third instar Epomis dejeani larva (23 mm) sucking Bufo viridis metamorph, venter.

Bufo viridis metamorph killed by Epomis dejani larva. Lesion made by the piercing mandibles is visible in the right arm pit area.

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