FIRST
DETAILED REPORT OF PREDATION ON ANURAN METAMORPHS
BY TERRESTRIAL BEETLE LARVAE Photographs:
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Remains of Bufo viridis metamorph killed by Epomis dejeani larva. Third instar larva (21mm) seen chewing the remains.
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Remains of Bufo viridis metamorph killed by Epomis dejeani larva. Third instar larva (21mm) seen chewing the remains.
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E. dejani pupa seen in its pupation chamber inside the soil (laboratory study).
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Adult male Epomis dejeani (16 mm) shortly after emergence (the entire cycle completed in the laboratory).
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