One night a few years ago, he noticed a group of predaceous diving beetles (family: Dytiscidae) ripping into a tadpole. Both larval and adult diving beetles are known predators of tadpoles, but ...
Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) maintain the balance of pond ecosystems. They feed on other aquatic organisms, such as mosquito ...
Like the adults, great diving beetle larvae are voracious predators. They can attack other aquatic insects, tadpoles and even newts. In late summer, they leave the water to pupate in nearby damp soil.