Diving beetles strip eel to the bone

Wetting and drying cycles are widely recognised as driving aquatic macroinvertebrate zooplankton production, providing prey recruitment opportunities for fish in floodplain river systems. Conversely, invertebrate consumption of fishes features less frequently food web studies. We used two sources information: a) the finding an intact eel skeleton exceedingly high number diving beetles (Cybister sp.) from overnight fyke net catch, and, b) catch records large according to wetland type northern Queensland, Australia, discuss possible role tropical wetlands. contend that wetlands with wetting cycles, notably those floating plants such lilies completely covering water surface, likely provide seasonal arenas gain advantage over gill breathing vertebrates.