Slug Eater (IMAGE)

Penn State

Slug Eater

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This image shows a Chlaenius tricolor, a ground beetle species that eats slugs. The researchers found that slugs transmitted the neonicotinoid insecticide to predatory ground beetles, impairing or killing more than 60 percent of the beetles.

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Ian Grettenberger, Penn State

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