11. They are thought to be predaceous . 12. It also mimics the locomotory behavior of such animals, allowing it to be eaten by predaceous fish. 13. They should instead be anomalous paraplecopterids living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals. 14. Like predaceous diving beetles ( Dytiscidae ), the crawling water beetles form an early offshoot of the Adephaga. 15. Their larvae, like those of predaceous diving beetles, do not possess eggshell-bursters on the head. 16. Larvae and females live in soil and litter and are predaceous ; males may be attracted to lights at night. 17. Predaceous foes, still drifting by in numbers unabated, Were baffled now by tactics which their dining plans frustrated.18. Although most species of checkered beetles are predaceous in nature, some are scavengers and others have been found feeding on flower pollen. 19. Because of the checkered beetles predaceous nature and insatiable appetite, they are often key players in the biological control of other insects. 20. During the advanced stage of decay there is an increase in those insects which are predaceous and / or parasitic on necrophagous beetles.
