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OCYPUS OLENS
25/06/2008 21:18
Un staphylin noir nommé communément "diable", sort d'un tas de végétaux en décomposition C'est un amateur de chewing gum naturel : limaces et vers de terre.
"It is a predator, hunting mainly by night, feeding on invertebrates including worms and woodlice, as well as carrion. The prey is caught in the mandibles which are also used to cut and together with the front legs to manipulate the food into a bolus. The bolus is repeatedly chewed and swallowed, emerging covered with a brown secretion from the foregut, until it is reduced to a liquid which is digested. Skin (in the case of earth worms) and hard materials (from arthropods) are left. The larvae are also carnivorous with similar eating habits"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_coach_horse_beetle
Outre Ocypus, les limaces possèdent de multiples prédateurs :
En laissant des endroits non-entretenus dans le jardin, on favorise le développement des prédateurs naturels des limaces.Les insectes prédateurs ont besoin de refuges tels les tas de feuilles : c'est le cas du "diable"
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