Reduviidae
Reduviidae
Vernacular name:
Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic Chloropidae
Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic ChloropidaeLicence:
Imaging technique:
Photograph
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© Ted C. MacRae
I photographed the assassin bug with prey in the photo earlier this week in Chaco Province, Argentina in a soybean field. The prey is a stink bug, Piezodorus guildenii. The flies crawled all over the assassin bug as it fed, and the bug would periodically wipe its forelegs slowly over its head to dislodge flies that had settled on it.
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Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic Milichiidae and Chloropidae 2
Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic Milichiidae and Chloropidae 2Licence:
Imaging technique:
Photograph
Keywords:
Description:
© Ted C. MacRae
I photographed the assassin bug with prey in the photo earlier this week in Chaco Province, Argentina in a soybean field. The prey is a stink bug, Piezodorus guildenii. The flies crawled all over the assassin bug as it fed, and the bug would periodically wipe its forelegs slowly over its head to dislodge flies that had settled on it.
Taxonomic name:
Associated taxa:
Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic Milichiidae and Chloropidae
Assassin bug with pentatomid prey and kleptoparasitic Milichiidae and ChloropidaeLicence:
Imaging technique:
Photograph
Keywords:
Description:
© Ted C. MacRae
I photographed the assassin bug with prey in the photo earlier this week in Chaco Province, Argentina in a soybean field. The prey is a stink bug, Piezodorus guildenii. The flies crawled all over the assassin bug as it fed, and the bug would periodically wipe its forelegs slowly over its head to dislodge flies that had settled on it.
Taxonomic name:
Associated taxa: