Toe-biting bug threatening humans in Santa Monica mountains

Large one hunts by poisoning the prey with sharp beak and inject a powerful toxin.

The vast insects have been able to cut the toes in the currents of Santa Monica mountains. According to the National Park Service, aggressive hunter (family Belostomatidae) can catch up to 50 times larger animals, including turtles, fish, and snakes and eat.

Large one hunts by poisoning the prey with sharp beak and inject a powerful toxin. This toxic fluid turns liquid everything inside so that insect can easily intake it by sucking the content.

Eggs are usually placed on the wings of the male and they do not catch up. These Male carriers keep their children moist, clean and safe from predators. They can not even be found been mating during this period.

Meanwhile, the females are getting together with the male. These attractive insects are found in the streams of Santa Monica, and their name implies that they are able to cut the toes of the human.