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Cedusa predator - Cedusa - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Claude Pilon

Cedusa predator - Cedusa - Male Female
Near Lanoraie, Lanaudière County, Quebec, Canada
July 12, 2007
A nymph true bug has caught a pair of mating Cedusa.
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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 24 July, 2007 - 4:58pm

Wow...
what an unlucky couple. Awesome shot, though.
… Stephen Luk, 24 July, 2007 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Locked?
I wonder why the other Cedusa didn't fly away. Maybe they are locked. Thanks for your comment.
… Claude Pilon, 25 July, 2007 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly locked...
The other Cedusa looks pretty dead too, which really throws me. A somewhat *icky* theory: since the planthoppers were mating, it's possible that the enzymatic action of the nymph's saliva was spread through one bug's body fluids into the other. And since they were locked, neither could escape and both were killed. Quite gruesome but possible, I guess...
… Stephen Luk, 25 July, 2007 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

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