Consider This Payback 📽 by @globalfisherman Let’s consider the fact that insects are a major food source for fish, throughout their entire lives. Then consider the irony of getting sent to the nether realm by a big bug, one that if you maybe zigged instead of zagged one day in your life you may have had the chance to eat in its larval stage before it could become an adult. Wild turn of events. The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is a formidable freshwater predator patrolling stagnant ponds, lakes, and marshes throughout Europe and northern Asia. Both the fully grown beetles and their larvae are vicious carnivores, locking onto anything from aquatic bugs and worms to tadpoles, snails, and tiny fish – with the adults happily scavenging dead tissue when the opportunity arises. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –