Jeg har kjent en stund at biller og andre inverterer tidvis har virveldyr på menyen, men jeg gjorde egentlig ikke vet hvor stor del av et dyr de kunne undertrykke! Selv når den odde mantis griper en kolibri størrelsen forskjellen er ikke så stor som vises nedenfor. 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, se her.
Thank you for the correction, and link!
Sikker, but what about updating your broken link above?
Unnskyld, link works fine now.
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