Freshwater Assassins

In a freshwater pond its eat or be eaten A dragonfly larva eats a midge a water beetle larva eats a damselfly larva Snail larvae grow A beetle larva eats one Up close we see the eating apparatus of a damselfly larvawith a retractable hook beneath mandibles Some creatures bite and chew others suck A water beetle larva holds on to its prey injects a poison that turns the victims insides to soup and then sucks it dry We watch one eat a damselfly larvae and then another water beetle larva Some have ingenious ways to camouflage themselves like the water scorpion and to breathe air while hunting under water Caddisfly larvae hide in debris then eat