Giant Water Bugs, Predaceous Diving Beetles

kathy

Re: Giant Water Bugs, Predaceous Diving Beetles

~ Windsong ~

From:	kathy
Subject:	Giant Water Bugs, Predaceous Diving Beetles
Date:	16 Jan 2005 15:19:13 -0800

Anyone ever get one of these in their ponds?
Giant Water Bugs can get to be three inches
long, have these spincer type front legs and
bite.
Predaceous Diving Beetles are about an inch
long, hang out at the surface of the water with
their hind ends sticking out. Their lavrae are
called Water Tigers.
All three of them eat small fish and tadpoles and
small frogs.

kathy

From:	~ Windsong ~
Subject:	Re: Giant Water Bugs, Predaceous Diving Beetles
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:15:18 -0600

"kathy" wrote in message
news:1105917553.881536.234150@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Anyone ever get one of these in their ponds?
> Giant Water Bugs can get to be three inches
> long, have these spincer type front legs and
> bite.
> Predaceous Diving Beetles are about an inch
> long, hang out at the surface of the water with
> their hind ends sticking out. Their lavrae are
> called Water Tigers.
> All three of them eat small fish and tadpoles and
> small frogs.
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I can't recall spotting the beetles themselves, but do remember seeing the
Water Tigers eating tadpoles and fry.
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