Cannibal larvae eat eggs, grow fast, avoid predators

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 06:01 in Biology & Nature

Insects that cannibalize often do so to boost their nutrition, but a new study of Colorado potato beetles suggests another reason for the behavior: to lay low from predators.

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