Although it is aquatic, it sometimes leaves the water and flies off to settle in a new pond. Like the adults, great diving beetle larvae are voracious predators. They can attack other aquatic insects, ...

J. Gould et al., “Diving beetle offspring oviposited in amphibian spawn prey on the tadpoles upon hatching,” Entomol Sci, 22:393–97, 2019. While studying the conservation of endangered amphibians ...

WE ALL travel difficult journeys at some stage in our lives, experiences which test our resilience and capacity for survival. So too in the natural world, animals and birds make difficult and ...

All are voracious predators, such as the Great Diving Beetle, which is common in Europe. Both larva and adult stalk small fish or tadpoles underwater, until they pounce and subdue them with pointy ...

Jens Uhl, Clonakilty, Co Cork It's the great diving beetle, which flies from freshwater pond to pond during the breeding season. Both adults and the shrimp-like larvae attack frogs, newts ...

Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) maintain the balance of pond ecosystems. They feed on other aquatic organisms, such as mosquito larvae, and form part of the diet of larger animals, including fish ...