Ek het bekend vir 'n rukkie dat kewers en ander omkeer het soms gewerweldes op hul spyskaart, maar ek het nie regtig weet hoe groot van 'n dier wat hulle kan onderwerp! Selfs wanneer die vreemde Mantis gryp 'n hummingbird die grootte verskil is nie so groot soos hieronder getoon. This impressive video was published recently in the free online journal Zookeys.
Here is one of the figures from the paper, illustrating more beetles feeding on multiple species of Amphibians!
Gil Wizen, Avital Gasith (2011). Predation of amphibians by carabid beetles of the genus Epomis found in the central coastal plain of Israel Zookeys, 100, 181-191 : DOI:10.3897/zookeys.100.1526
That’s amazing! what kind of beetle was it?
It’s a ground beetle in the genus Epomis (Carabidae). It looks like these beetles are roughly around the 20-25mm range.
The DOI that you provide at the bottom is not properly linked. It should go to DOI:10.3897/zookeys.100.1526.
For further videos relating to the paper, sien hier.
Thank you for the correction, and link!
seker, but what about updating your broken link above?
Jammer, link works fine now.
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