Aquatic larvae generally eat small animals such as zooplankton and insect larvae that live in the same pond. Sometimes salamander larvae are cannibals and eat other salamanders. Description ...

(CN) - Tying insect repellants to a decline in salamanders, a study out Wednesday reports that bug sprays are giving a counterintuitive boost to mosquito populations. Salamanders are considered a ...

Smith said these bog ponds lack fish, making salamanders a key predator and prey species in food webs. He said some of the animals may have fallen into the plants, perhaps attracted by insect prey.

Insect repellents are a defense against mosquito bites and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and West Nile virus. Salamanders provide natural mosquito control. During their ...

Pitcher plants are famous for feeding on insects. But last year, Smith found a young yellow spotted salamander trapped in one of the pitchers of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea ...

Spotted salamanders burrow in small tunnels made by mammals like the shrew. Place in the food web: Adults eat earthworms, snails, spiders, isopods and insects, as well as the occasional Red-backed ...

But it is also possible that the amphibians are drawn to the unassuming predators by insects that flock to the plants to feed on their nectar. And in some cases, the salamanders might accidentally ...

It’s still not known how the salamanders end up in the pools, but it could be because they were trying to catch insects attracted to the plant. Others may have entered in a bid to escape predators.

(Millbrook, NY) Insect repellents containing picaridin can be lethal to salamanders. So reports a new study published today in Biology Letters that investigated how exposure to two common insect ...