Baby giant water bugs, like true bugs, have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Water bugs catch small fish, stab them with their beak-like mouthparts and squirt special juices into the fish. These juices change the fish's insides into a soft goo - perfect for 'babies' to slurp up.
Blooming marvel
Blooming marvel Insect pests may have had an impact on the
evolution of flower timing. Scientists studying wild sunflowers
discovered that the later-flowering plants did better than the
early-flowering plants. This was because two insects, the sunflower
moth and the sunflower bud moth, hatch early in the flowering
season and inflict the most damage then. This suggests that many
types of plants time their flowering to avoid pests. 29 JANUARY 2000, P. 21
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