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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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A bloodsucking Vinchuca comes looking for a lunch. Central Chile.
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Ptilocnemus lemur Feather Legged AssassinI have been wanting to see one of these assassin bugs for about three years now, so I was quite pleased to find one on the weekend. It was sitting on a tree trunk where there was no bark. Its camouflage was very good as its head and thorax matched the colour of the tree trunk. I noticed it because it was waving its feathery hind legs as an ant walked past. They are so fascinating.It is thought that the assassin bug attract and paralyze ants. The ant initially attracts the ant by waving its legs, then lifts its body to enable the ants to move under its body to enable the ant to reach the paralyzing secretions released from glands on its sternum. The assassin then pierces the body of the ant to feed.See:
Farhan's blog Photo: Fred
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Letaba, Limpopo, South Africa
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Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Archers Post, Rift Valley, Kenya
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On: IvyLocation: Lincoln CitySite: Boultham Park
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Cosmolestes picticeps STL, 1859 (Yellow Assassin bug)Genus:
Cosmolestes STL, 1859Tribus: HarpactoriniSubfamily Harpactorinae AMYOT & SERVILLE, 1843[det "taka-", 2010, based on this photo]Family: Reduviidae (Assassin bugs, Raubwanzen)Superfamily: CimicomorphaSuborder: Heteroptera (real bugs, Wanzen)Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Subclass: PterygotaClass: InsectaSubphylum: HexapodaPhylum: Arthropoda (Gliederfer)biology:: sometimes they prefer not to kill:
www.nature2pixel.com/?p=372distribution: Malay Peninsular, Java, Sumatra, BorneoDistrant, 1908: Rhynchota Vol2:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12704293#page/370/mode/1upmore info:
www.reduviidae.de/systematik/harpactorinae/cosmolestes.htmlzipcodezoo.com/Animals/c/cosmolestes_picticeps/Indonesia, N-Sumatra, Aceh: Mt. Leuser NP (E-slope of Mt. Kemiri), ca. 800m asl., 18.04.2009IMG_5214
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Sycanus bifidus FABRICIUS, 1787 ?Genus: Sycanus AMYOT & SERVILLE, 1843Tribus: HarpactoriniSubfamily Harpactorinae[det. Daniel Bauer, 2010, based on photos]Family: Reduviidae (Assassin bugs, Raubwanzen)Superfamily: CimicomorphaSuborder: Heteroptera (real bugs, Wanzen)Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Subclass: PterygotaClass: InsectaSubphylum: HexapodaPhylum: Arthropoda (Gliederfer)Indonesia, W-Java, Tangerang: vic. Serpong, 50m asl., 11.10.2010(Kampung: meadows for Water buffaloes, no pesticides!) (IMG_5952)
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Nature Reserve off Frederika rd. St. Simon's Island , Georgia USA
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Valbona National Park. Albanian Alps
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Mutale, Limpopo, South Africa
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Louwsburg, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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El Portal, California, United States
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Jozini, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain