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Ambush Bug with Prey
Copyright © 2007 NatureBoy aka Antoine H.

Ambush Bug with Prey
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 19, 2007
Size: approx. 0.85 cm
Found a pair of mating ambush bugs where one caught a miniture wasp species. If you look closely you can see the proboscus of the ambush bug lodged inside the wasp near the head. They suck the juices right out of their prey.

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Contributed by Antoine Hnain on 19 September, 2007 - 10:18pm

Prey.
Prey appears to be a female Mimesa sp., family Crabronidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2007 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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