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Empicoris cannibalizing

Empicoris cannibalizing
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Size: 4 mm
The one on the bottom is the adult Empicoris I submitted a few days ago. It has wings. The attacker stayed in this position several minutes until disturbed by an Antlion larva. I was surprised that it did not feed on the head, too.

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Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

interesting series
I think the two bugs may be different species. But I'm not completely sure and hope someone else who knows these bugs will comment.

Another difference between them, other than the wings vs no wings and differently shaped abdomens, is the larger one does not have striped legs, whereas the smaller one has very striped legs.

I've seen quite a few of the smaller winged, striped variety in my house and at UV light sheets in my area. (I'm north of you, in the SF Bay Area). They all have looked pretty much the same. The other one with the more rounded abdomen and no stripes on its legs I haven't seen. I've also never seen more than one at a time -- so I don't know how they normally interact. Both of yours, regardless of species, are obviously predators though...

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