When bugs crawl up the food chain
Epomis beetle larvae look delicious to frogs. They’re snack-size, like little protein packs. If a frog is nearby, a larva will even wiggle its antennae and mandibles alluringly. But when the frog makes its move, the beetle turns the tables. It jumps onto the amphibian’s head and bites down. Then it drinks its would-be predator’s fluids out like a froggy juice. We tend to think of food chains moving in one direction: bigger eats smaller. But nature is often not so neat. All around the world, and maybe even in your backyard, arthropods are bodying vertebrates and gobbling them up.
GIAIMO, Cara. When bugs crawl up the food chain. Disponível em: <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/science/bugs-food-chain.html>.
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