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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Remains of Bufo viridis metamorph killed by Epomis dejeani larva. Third instar larva (21mm) seen chewing the remains.

 

Remains of Bufo viridis metamorph killed by Epomis dejeani larva. Third instar larva (21mm) seen chewing the remains.

 

E. dejani pupa seen in its pupation chamber inside the soil (laboratory study).

 

Adult male Epomis dejeani (16 mm) shortly after emergence (the entire cycle completed in the laboratory).

 

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