During its lifetime, a frog will snap up thousands of insects with its sticky, extendable tongue. But if it tries to eat an Epomis beetle, it’s more likely to become a meal than to get one. These ...

When frogs and toads see Epomis beetle larvae waggling their antennae and jiggling their jaws, they must think, "Aha! Easy meal." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

oads beware: The next larva you eat could end up eating you. And not just eating you, but first sapping your precious bodily fluids, then devouring you alive. Researchers Gil Wizen and Avital Gasith ...

The predator-prey relationship between frogs and beetles seems like it would be pretty obvious doesn’t it? Frog spots beetle, frog stealthily approaches beetle, frog eats beetle. Done, done and done.

Usually it's the frog that catches the unsuspecting bug for a tasty snack, but in an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure their ...

When frogs and toads see Epomis beetle larvae waggling their antennae and jiggling their jaws, they must think, "Aha! Easy meal." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Let me get real about amphibians: The things are cocky. They’re so much bigger than their helpless prey---things like worms and insects---that they tend to indiscriminately snatch up anything that's a ...

Seriously, watch. It’s out of this world. The Epomis beetle can beat the laws of nature and actually kill a frog that’s much, much bigger than it. Even more, the Epomis beetle’s larvae can do the same ...

Voracious larvae of two recently discovered beetles can latch onto frogs, toads, and other amphibians many times their size, then devour them. How the bugs entice their prey and survive their attacks, ...

New findings of researchers from Tel-Aviv University show that predator-prey interactions between ground beetles of the genus Epomis and amphibians are much more complex than expected. The study was ...

Discover how Epomis beetles predation turns the tables on frogs and salamanders, with larvae luring and consuming amphibians. Their larvae eat nothing else, and they have an almost 100 percent success ...

Usually it's the frog that catches the unsuspecting bug for a tasty snack, but in an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure their ...