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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First instar Epomis dejeani larva after hatching (dorsal view, 5 mm).

First instar Epomis dejeani larva attached to Bufo viridis juvenile’s hind leg.
Body shown (5 mm).

First instar Epomis dejeani larva photographed after sucking its prey. Body inflated (11 mm).

Second instar Epomis dejeani larva (15mm) sucking Bufo viridis metamorph (33.6 mm, 3.8 gr), venter.

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