A tiger beetle eaten by fly: predation of Dasypogon diadema Fabr. (Diptera: Asilidae) on Cicindela hybrids L. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

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Radomir Jaskuła


Keywords : predatory behavior, anti-predator adaptation, Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Diptera, Asilidae
Abstract
The first case of the robber fly Dasypogon diadema Fabr. predation on tiger beetle Cicindela hybrida L. is described. A short review of Cicindelidae anti-predator adaptations and relationships between the tiger beetles and their natural enemies is also given.

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