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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beetles of the genus Epomis have evolved to systematically hunt amphibians. We'd like to introduce a study that challenges our basic understanding of the natural world. In a paper published in PLoS ...

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 ...