An unprecedented role reversal: ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them

This week’s Hot Student Paper is so “hot” that the popular media scooped the HSP Editorial board.

New PhD student Gil Wizen of the Gwynne lab recently published this paper in PLoS One. It describes an amazing role reversal, where would-be prey (beetle larva) become the predator of larval and adult frogs.

Popular media reporting of this exciting research are available at:

Congratulations, Gil, for this exciting discovery!

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