Desmopachria Larva Feeding on Ostracods (Predaceous Diving Beetle)

Rare footage! The Desmopachria larva looks designed to prey on Ostracods. Includes time lapse of feeding. Guest appearances by flatworms (they look blue under the LED lights) and a Nematode (last clip). Filmed June 13-24, 2018, with an Opti-TekScope OT-SC. Collected from a farm pond in the Missouri Ozarks, USA.

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hyphydrini » Desmopachria

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