The larva lures amphibians by alternately waving its antennae and moving its jaws, moving faster and faster as its prey draws closer. The movements exploit the fact that amphibians run on simple ...

REFERRING to Mr. Hughes' communication to NATURE of May 15, p. 57, I myself to-day saw a small worm pursued by a black insect, also evidently the larva of one of the Carabidæ. I was attracted by ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Specimens from Perileptus Schaum, 1860 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were collected from the Amanos Mountains of Turkey, and this genus was ...

The small, waving larva certainly falls within the definition of ‘prey’; the amphibian approaches and attacks. Its tongue is fast, taking just a tenth of a second to launch and extend. The larva is ...