Aega antarctica fish. It has strong muscles in its oesophagus and large salivary glands and rapidly fills its dilatable hind gut with blood. It then drops off the fish and spends several months on the seabed digesting the blood. In a research study, specimens of "Aega antarctica" were kept in a marine aquarium at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, where they were maintained at a temperature of . It was found that they would feed on a number of species of fish native to the North Sea and in this research they were fed on live European plaice ("Pleuronectes platessa"). One fish
Gaeana maculata as on the upper side. Wing-span 3¾ inches (95 mm). Gaeana maculata Gaeana maculata is a species of cicada. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from China. Upper side: head black. Eyes yellow brown, round, and projecting from the head a little; between them are two small orange spots. Antennae small and short. Thorax black, with four orange spots in a row, placed across it, and behind them two others. Abdomen black, consisting of seven annuli or rings, besides the tail part, the last of which is edged with orange. Anus orange-coloured, and furnished with a bristle