Third instar larva of Cybister lewisianus preying on Japanese ricefish (Oryzias latipes)

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Shot Date: 2024/07/16
Shot Location: Kumamoto Prefecture

* species
Cybister lewisianus

Key Words
Aquatic insects
Coleoptera
Dytiscoidea
Pond
Predation


Taichi Fukuoka
2026/04/09 submitted



Animalia >Arthtopoda >Insecta >Coleoptera >Dytiscidae >Cybister >

Video showing a third instar larva of Cybister lewisianus immediately after preying on a Japanese ricefish (Oryzias latipes) in an irrigation pond in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, at 22:41 on 16 July 2024.
Fukuoka et al. 2026 Limnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-026-00835-x

(Data No.momo260408cl02a)

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